The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 1497 (S.78)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998

Made

11th June 1998

Laid before Parliament

9th July 1998

Coming into force

1st August 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by 75A(9) and (10) and 75B of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consulting such bodies as appear to him to be appropriate and to be representative of participating schools in accordance with section 75A(11) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

Amendment of Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

2.  The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1995(2) are amended as follows:—

(a) in paragraphs (3) and (5) of regulation 9 (references to income) for the sum of “£1,230” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,265”;

(b) in paragraph (2) of regulation 13 (scales of remission) for the sum of “£10,135” substitute “£10,414”;

(c) in paragraph (6) of regulation 15 (school travel grants for day pupils and amounts thereof) for the sums of “£10,148” and “£9,969” substitute “£10,427” and “£10,248” respectively;

(d) in paragraph (5) of regulation 16 (school travel grants for boarding pupils and amounts thereof) for the sums of “£10,148” and “£9,969” substitute “£10,427” and “£10,248” respectively;

(e) in regulation 17 (clothing grants) for paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute–

“(2) A clothing grant shall be made in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £11,186 and shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed–

(a) £67, where the relevant income is £10,414 or less;

(b) £35, where that income exceeds £10,414 but does not exceed £11,186.”; and

(f) for Schedule 2 substitute–

Regulation 13

“SCHEDULE 2 SCALES OF REMISSION

(1)	(2)
(Part of relevant income to which the specified percentage applies)	(Parental contribution percentage)
Any part of the relevant income which exceeds– (a) £10,248 but not £11,144	9%
(b) £11,144 but not £12,035	12%
(c) £12,035 but not £13,858	15%
(d) £13,858 but not £16,639	21%
(e) £16,639 but not £20,264	24%
(f) £20,264	33%”;

Brian Wilson

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

11th June 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the assisted places scheme.

The deduction made from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,230 to £1,265 (regulation 2(a)).

The level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £10,135 to £10,414 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds that figure (regulation 2(b) and (f)).

The qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are also uprated, with clothing grants being increased by either £1 or £2 (regulation 2(c), (d) and (e)).

(1)

1980 c. 44; sections 75A and 75B were inserted by section 5 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58).

(2)

S.I. 1995/1713, amended by S.I. 1996/1808 and 1997/1641 and 2773.