Maintenance Grant 2011-12 Only

A Maintenance Grant is available to help with your living costs if your household income is £50,020 or less in 2010/11 and 2011/12.
The maximum Maintenance Grant available is:

• £2,906 for 2011/12

You may be eligible for a government maintenance grant which you do not have to pay back. The grant is means-tested, so the amount you receive depends on your individual financial circumstances (household income).

Maintenance Grant: effect on other financial help
If you’re getting a higher level of Maintenance Grant, it’s assumed that you won’t need to borrow as much through the Student Loan for Maintenance. To reflect this, some of the Maintenance Grant is paid instead of the Student Loan for Maintenance.

This means that if you come from a lower income household, you’ll have a smaller loan to repay when you finish studying and start work.
The table below has some example figures to give you an idea of how much help you could get towards accommodation and other living costs through the Maintenance Grant and Student Loan for Maintenance.

Example figures based on a new student who is living away from home and studying outside London in 2011/2012

You’ll be able to get 72% of the maximum Student Loan for Maintenance available to you no matter what your household income is. Whether you get the remaining 28% depends on an ‘income assessment’.