Healthcare student allowances
The following grants are taken into account:
•means-tested NHS bursary for degree-level healthcare courses in England and Wales;
•the non-means-tested NHS training grants for healthcare students who started their course on or after 1 August 2017 in England;
•means-tested Department of Health (DoH) bursary for degree-level healthcare courses in Northern Ireland;
•non-means-tested DoH bursary for nursing and midwifery students in Northern Ireland;
•dependants’ allowances for healthcare students (for housing benefit and some existing IS, JSA and employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants with no child tax credit award);
1Reg 59(6) HB Regs •single parent addition.
The following grants are disregarded:
•parental support grants;
•childcare allowances;
•disabled students’ allowance;
2IS 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;
•allowances for travel and accommodation expenses
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3IS Reg 62(2)(h) IS Regs
JSA Reg 131(2) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 132(2) ESA Regs
HB Reg 59(2)(g) HB Regs