Is SAAS correctly calculating household income?

BigBananaFeet

Are there any guidelines for government departments to follow on what counts and does not count towards calculating household income for student funding?
I thought that student bursaries/loans were assessed on taxable household income. But SAAS not only requires details of gross incomes but also on non-taxable interest received from cash ISAs. The only "incomes" they do not take into account are child benefit and child tax credit.
I have searched on the internet and can find student application forms for other areas which specifically say not to include cash ISA interest. I don't know why SAAS is different or could they be interpreting the guidelines incorrectly?

Helix

Scotland have different guidelines to England, so you can't just assume because the form is different they have interpreted them wrong.