Maintenance Loan - pregnant migrant worker

Hello,

My wife is a student a has a migrant worker status. We are planning to have a baby and are wondering whether she would still receive maintenance loan?

She is an agency worker and works 16hrs per week throughout the year so she is eligible at the moment. However, she will definitely not work in the last weeks of her pregnancy and for a few months after giving birth as she will be receiving maternity pay.

Technically she won’t work but will have income in the form of maternity pay - will that be accepted? Will she still be eligible?

Many thanks