Student maintenance loan and unversial credit help plz
Jimmy901
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Hiya I was wondering if somebody please could help me. I'm am going university as disable student in January and was wondering if it would affect my claim for lwca and pip cliam in that of my reductions?. I was wondering if somebody could help me with the figures as I'm recipient of £1200 unversial lwca and the minimum amount of pip? I should be entitled to 9000 student finance, including the disability part? Thanks you.
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If you get 9000 is thst for a year? I am doing open University and I get grants0
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Yes for the year. I was recommended,for the course through my support team and was wondering what I have to budget? If they deduct my UC or housing benefit?0
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Hey!
When I went to university, I took out a student loan for maintenance and it did not impact my PIP claims. The reason for this was because I would be living back at home every weekend (due to work). I would phone student finance and ask them directly, because they have a department which will be able to help you with these sort of questions. Also, perhaps speak with the university, they will have a student finance department. Hope this helps, good luck??
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I dont lose anything but I don't get as much as you I think its best to speak to student finance but if you divide it through the year it may not affect you but in your case I don't realy know0
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Rules for students are complicated but broadly any student maintenance loan available to you will be taken into account as income and deducted from your UC. The amount to be taken each month will be the loan amount divided by the period of the course the loan is for. So if the course covers 10 months of the year (excludes the summer vacation) the monthly amount would £900/month which would be deducted from the UC.
DWP guidance here
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/907998/admh6.pdf
As others have said, PIP is not affected.
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