FOI Request - Care Experience Bursary and Housing Benefit

Request 101002964536

*  Can you provide information on whether or not you disregard Care Experience Bursary while calculating housing benefit?

Response 14-02-22

The Care-Experienced Bursary counts as income for the DWP, subject to the usual student income disregards. There is a disregard for housing benefit of £693 of the annual Care-Experienced Bursary award, and the remaining amount is counted in full as income, thus reducing or ending the housing benefit for that student.