Higher education grants
The following higher education grants are completely disregarded:
•grant for tuition fees;
1IS Reg 62(2)(a) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2)(a) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(a) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2)(a) HB Regs •special support grant for full-time undergraduate students;
2IS Reg 62(2) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(2) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2) HB Regs
See also para 30329 DMG •special support element of the maintenance grant for 2018 cohort Welsh undergraduates;
•childcare grant;
3IS Reg 62(2)(j) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2)(i) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(i) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2)(h) HB Regs •child dependants allowance;
4IS Reg 62(2)(j) IS RegsJSA Reg 131(2)(i) JSA RegsESA Reg 132(2)(i) ESA RegsHB Reg 59(2)(h) HB Regs •disabled students’ allowance;
5IS Reg 62(2)(c) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2)(b) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(b) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2)(b) HB Regs •parents’ learning allowance;
•travel expenses;
6IS Reg 62(2)(h) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2)(g) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(g) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2)(g) HB Regs •course costs grant for part-time undergraduate students;
7IS Reg 62(2)(g) and (h) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2)(f) and (g) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(f) and (g) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2)(f) and (g) HB Regs •institutional bursaries paid for anything other than
living costs.
8IS Reg 62(2) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2)(b) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2) HB Regs
See also para 30330 DMG
The following grants are taken into account:
•maintenance grant for full-time undergraduate students assessed in England and Northern Ireland;
•Welsh government learning grant for students in Wales (pre-2018 students);
•adult dependants’ grant;
•institutional bursaries paid for living costs.
Note: at the time of writing, the treatment of the maintenance grants available to undergraduate students in Wales starting on or after 1 September 2018 (‘2018 cohort students’) was not set out in regulations. However, in practice the ‘special support element’ of the first £5,161 of any maintenance grant paid (see
here) is diregarded, while any maintenance grant above this level is taken into account, subject to the normal disregards. See CPAG’s
Welfare Rights Bulletin for updates.