The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation 66

3.  After regulation 66, insert—

“Type 1 and type 2 teacher training students who are 2008 cohort students

66A.— (1) This regulation applies to a 2008 cohort student who is a type 1 or a type 2 teacher training student with full entitlement.

(2) Subject to Chapter 4 of this Part, the maximum amount of loan for living costs for which a student to whom this regulation applies qualifies in respect of an academic year other than the final year of a course that is not an intensive course is equal to X–(Y+Z) where—

• X is—

  (i)

  for a student in category A, £3,580;

  (ii)

  for a student in category B, £6,475;

  (iii)

  for a student in category C, £5,510;

  (iv)

  for a student in category D, £4,625;

• Y is the maintenance grant amount;

• Subject to paragraph (4), Z is £1 for every complete £9.50 by which the household income exceeds £61,061.

(3) Subject to Chapter 4 of this Part, the maximum amount of loan for living costs for which a student to whom this regulation applies qualifies in respect of an academic year that is the final year of a course that is not an intensive course is equal to X–(Y+Z) where—

• X is—

  (i)

  for a student in category A, £3,235;

  (ii)

  for a student in category B, £5,895;

  (iii)

  for a student in category C, £4,790;

  (iv)

  for a student in category D, £4,280;

• Y is the maintenance grant amount;

• Subject to paragraph (4), Z is £1 for every complete £9.50 by which the household income exceeds £61,061.

(4) Where the same household income is used to assess the amount of a statutory award for which two or more persons qualify, Z in paragraphs (2) and (3) must be divided by the number of such persons before being deducted from X.

(5) Where the sum of the maximum loan for living costs calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3) and Y is less than the minimum level for the academic year specified in regulation 101, the loan for living costs payable in respect of an academic year to which this regulation applies is calculated as A–B where—

• A is the minimum level for the academic year specified in regulation 101

• B is—

  (i)

  for a type 1 teacher training student who qualifies under Chapter 6 of Part 5 for a maintenance grant, £630;

  (ii)

  for a type 2 teacher training student who qualifies under Chapter 6 of Part 5 for a maintenance grant, £1,260; or

  (iii)

  where no maintenance grant is payable, nil.

(6) In this regulation, “the maintenance grant amount” is—

(a) where the student is a type 1 teacher training student and qualifies under Chapter 6 of Part 5 for—

(i) an amount of maintenance grant of £630, £630;

(ii) an amount of maintenance grant exceeding £630 but not exceeding £1,260, the amount of maintenance grant payable;

(b) where the student is a type 2 teacher training student and qualifies under Chapter 6 of Part 5 for an amount of maintenance grant of £1,260, £1,260;

(c) where the student is a type 1 or a type 2 teacher training student and qualifies under Chapter 6 of Part 5 for an amount of maintenance grant exceeding £1,260, £1,260; and

(d) where no maintenance grant is payable, nil.”