Guidance

Lifelong learning entitlement: maintenance loans for living costs

How maintenance support for living costs at colleges and universities will change when the lifelong learning entitlement launches.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 9 July 2025
• Last updated: 29 May 2026
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  1. 29 May 2026

     Information added for the launch of the lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) – maintenance loans will be paid to students in up to 3 instalments, broadly in line with existing arrangements.

  2. 26 November 2025

     Updated the 'Household income' section of the 'Maintenance loans for living costs in the lifelong learning entitlement' document.

  3. 9 July 2025

     First published.

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Maintenance loans for living costs in the lifelong learning entitlement

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This guidance explains how maintenance support for living costs at colleges and universities will change when the lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) launches.