The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Amount of maintenance loan: full-time students E+W

55.—(1) Where an eligible student's present course is a full-time course (a “full-time student”), the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student is calculated as follows— Maximum amount of maintenance loan available to the student in respect of an academic year. Minus Amount of maintenance grant payable to the student under regulation 46.

(2) Table 7 sets out the maximum amounts of maintenance loan available in respect of a full-time student where—

(a) Column 1 specifies the academic year in relation to which the amounts of maintenance loan specified in Column 4 apply;

(b) Column 2 specifies the category of student to whom the maximum amounts in Column 4 apply;

(c) Column 3 specifies the location in which the student is living (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1);

(d) Column 4 specifies the maximum amount of loan available in respect of the corresponding entries in Columns 1, 2 and 3.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation the categories of student are— Category 1 [F1 An eligible student undertaking an academic year of a designated course, who is not a Category 2 student.]

Category 2 [F2 An eligible student undertaking an academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study undertaken by the student are in aggregate less than 10 weeks (unless it is a year to which regulation 44(2) applies).]

[F3 (a) an academic year in respect of which a student is eligible to apply for a healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income (whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount), or]

(b) an academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study undertaken by the student are in aggregate less than 10 weeks (unless it is a year to which regulation 44(2) applies).

(4) This regulation is subject to regulation 56.

[F4 Table 7

Column 1Academic year	Column 2Category of student	Column 3Location of student	Column 4Maximum amount of maintenance loan available to full-time student
Beginning on or after 1 September 2018 but before 1 September 2019	Category 1	Living at home	£6,650
		Living away from home, studying in London	£10,250
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£8,000
	Category 2	Living at home	£3,325
		Living away from home, studying in London	£5,125
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£4,000
Beginning on or after 1 September 2019 but before 1 September 2020	Category 1	Living at home	£6,840
		Living away from home, studying in London	£10,530
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£8,225
	Category 2	Living at home	£3,420
		Living away from home, studying in London	£5,265
		Living away from home, studying elsewher	£4,110
Beginning on or after 1 September 2020 but before 1 September 2021	Category 1	Living at home	£7,335
		Living away from home, studying in London	£11,260
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£8,810
	Category 2	Living at home	£3,665
		Living away from home, studying in London	£5,630
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£4,405
Beginning on or after 1 September 2021 [F5 but before 1 September 2022]	Category 1	Living at home	£7,790
		Living away from home, studying in London	£11,930
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£9,350
	Category 2	Living at home	£3,895
		Living away from home, studying in London	£5,965
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£4,675
[F6 Beginning on or after 1 September 2022 [F7 but before 1 September 2023]	Category 1	Living at home	£8,095
		Living away from home, studying in London	£12,375
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£9,710
	Category 2	Living at home	£4,045
		Living away from home, studying in London	£6,185
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£4,855]
[F8 Beginning on or after 1 September 2023 [F9 but before 1 September 2024]	Category 1	Living at home	£8,950
		Living away from home, studying in London	£13,635
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£10,720
	Category 2	Living at home	£4,475
		Living away from home, studying in London	£6,815
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£5,360]
[F10 Beginning on or after 1 September 2024	Category 1	Living at home	£9,315
		Living away from home, studying in London	£14,170
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£11,150
	Category 2	Living at home	£4,655
		Living away from home, studying in London	£7,085
		Living away from home, studying elsewhere	£5,575]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 55(3) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 53(a) (with reg. 2)

F2 Words in reg. 55(3) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 53(b) (with reg. 2)

F3 Words in reg. 55(3) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 46

F4 Reg. 55 Table 7 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 27

F5 Words in reg. 55 Table 7 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 42(a)

F6 Words in reg. 55 Table 7 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 42(b)

F7 Words in reg. 55 Table 7 inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 48(a) (with reg. 2)

F8 Words in reg. 55 Table 7 inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 48(b) (with reg. 2)

F9 Words in reg. 55 Table 7 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 22(a)

F10 Words in reg. 55 Table 7 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 22(b)