Support your child or partner’s student finance application – 2021 to 2022
Guidance on how to support your child or partner’s student finance application and which forms you need to complete.
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If your child or partner has applied for student finance in academic year 2021 to 2022, you may be asked to provide your household income details. You will be asked to provide income details from the 2019 to 2020 tax year.
Your information will be used to work out if your child or partner can get extra money on top of the Tuition Fee Loan and the basic Maintenance Loan.
How to support an application
You’ll receive an email when your child or partner applies for student finance. You can normally provide your income details online by signing in or creating an account.
If you’re unable to apply online, you should complete a PFF2 form.
If your household income has gone down
You can apply for a current year income assessment if you think your household income this tax year will be at least 15% lower than the 2019 to 2020 financial year that you’ve been asked to give details about.
You still need to provide income information for the 2019 to 2020 tax year, even if you’re applying for a current year income assessment.
If you expect your income will drop by at least 15% in the 2021 to 2022 tax year, you should complete a PFF2 form and a current year income assessment form when the form becomes available in April.
Updates to this page
Published 9 March 2021Last updated 28 February 2022 + show all updates
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As of launch 28/02/2022 the 2021/22 Tax return guide has been moved to this page: www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-your-child-or-partners-student-finance-application-2021-to-2022 - this has been raised and agreed as part of the form finder update request.
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Added current year income assessment form for academic year 2021/22
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First published.