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date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Student Finance Maintenance Loans are counted as income for universal credit calculations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	121691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Student loans and grants have a £110 disregard in each Universal Credit monthly assessment period. After this threshold is met, they are treated as income and Universal Credit is deducted accordingly. Special Support Elements or Grants are fully disregarded, as these specifically cover the cost of an educational course.</p><p>Financial support for students primarily comes from grants and the student loans system, which is specifically designed for their needs, unlike the wider benefits system. It is right that Universal Credit does not duplicate support already being given. In this respect, Universal Credit mirrors other benefits such as Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit, and new-style Jobseekers Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 121690 question first answered 24/02/2022 15:35:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Depressive Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with bipolar disorder in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 14:56:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon