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You must declare:

Your own income

You must declare your own income from:

Income of your spouse, partner, or civil partner

If you live with your spouse, partner, or civil partner, they must declare the previous tax year’s income from:

  • wages from employment
  • taxable allowances
  • self-employment
  • maintenance from an ex-partner
  • pensions
  • bank or building society interest
  • childcare vouchers if they’re received instead of pay
  • taxable benefits
  • any taxable redundancy payments
  • any other taxable income
  • rent
  • foster carers allowance

If your partner, spouse, or civil partner does not want to disclose their income, you cannot be assessed for additional elements of the bursary. You must select 'No' when asked if you want to apply for the Maintenance Grant.

You do not need to declare your partner's income if you live financially independently of each other.

You must upload a covering letter explaining your circumstances and provide evidence which shows you live independently if you’re either:

  • not married or in a civil partnership but you live in the same property as a partner and you do not share household bills or finances with them
  • married or in a civil partnership and you live in the same property as your spouse or civil partner but you've separated

We’ll assess the information given before we can advise if you can be assessed as a single person.

Other income

You do not need to declare:

  • money gifted to you by a parent or family member
  • your own income earned from working
  • any inheritance received as a lump sum

You must declare income received from the lump sum such as: 

  • interest received from a bank or building society
  • dividends
  • trust fund income