Earned income
Income you earn by working during the year, no matter how much, will not affect your entitlement.
Unearned income
We will take into account any unearned income you have during the academic year. This will include, for example, income from a private or company pension, certain benefits, Working Tax Credits (excluding the child tax credit element), bank or building society interest (including tax free interest) and maintenace payments paid direct to you by an absent parent or husband, wife, civil partner or partner. We will ignore the first £20 a week of your unearned income (£1,040 for the academic year). We will reduce your entitlement pound for pound by any income you have left.