"subsistence allowance" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to an amount of money that is given to a person to cover basic living expenses. For example, "John was given a subsistence allowance from the government to help cover the costs of food and rent."
The rules on expenses have changed post-scandal (nowadays peers can claim an allowance of £300 a day when they attend the Lords, regardless of where they live), but at the time he was allowed to claim an overnight subsistence allowance of £174, tax free.
Student-veterans received a monthly subsistence allowance.
Payment of the supplemental subsistence allowance for 12 consecutive months.
The new regime ended a £25-a-night "subsistence allowance" MPs could claim without receipts.
Reduction in first-class train travel and in the daily £25 subsistence allowance for MPs.
A bursary pays for tuition fees and provides a subsistence allowance of £6,000.
1308, substituted "Payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances" for "Payment of educational or subsistence assistance allowances" in item 1780.
He claimed for £11,706.27 in mortgage interest payments and £4,325 in food and subsistence allowances.
This includes stipends or subsistence allowances, travel allowances, and registration fees paid on behalf of trainees or participants (not employees) in connection with conferences or training events.
For example, in Kosovo, auditors discovered that "software problems" apparently accounted for overpayments of subsistence allowances to the tune of $324,000.
This includes income from all employment, housing allowances, living allowances, subsistence allowances, bonuses, royalties, settlements from clients, deferred compensation, alimony, child support, public assistance, rental income and gifts from family members or others.
