The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

CHAPTER 6 E+W MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

Qualifying conditions for the maintenance grant E+W

56.—(1) A current system student [F1 who is not a 2016 cohort student] qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a maintenance grant in connection with the student's attendance on a designated course (other than a distance learning course).

(2) A current system student does not qualify for a maintenance grant if the student qualifies for a special support grant.

(3) If a current system student does not qualify for a fee loan in respect of an academic year of the designated course, the student cannot qualify for a maintenance grant for that year unless the reason that the student does not qualify for a fee loan is that—

(a) the year is an Erasmus year [F2 in accordance with regulation 19(2)][F3 .]

F4 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) A current system student does not qualify for a maintenance grant if the current course is the graduate entry accelerated programme.

[F5 (5) Subject to paragraph (6), a maintenance grant is payable to a qualifying student in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.

(6) F6 ... Where one of the events listed in regulation 17 (a), (b), F7 ... (e), (f), (g) or (h) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a maintenance grant in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.

F8 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 56(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 19(a)

F2 Words in reg. 56(3)(a) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 11

F3 Full stop in reg. 56(3)(a) substituted for word (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 19(b)(i)

F4 Reg. 56(3)(b) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 19(b)(ii)

F5 Reg. 56(5)-(7) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1653), regs. 1(2)(a), 21

F6 Words in reg. 56(6) omitted (1.3.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 12(a)(i)

F7 Word in reg. 56(6) omitted (1.3.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 12(a)(ii)

F8 Reg. 56(7) omitted (1.3.2021) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 12(b)

Amount of the maintenance grant – 2008 cohort students E+W

F9 57.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F9 Reg. 57 omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 4(2)

Amount of the maintenance grant – 2009 cohort students E+W

58.— [F10 (1) The maximum amount of maintenance grant available to a 2009 cohort student in respect of an academic year is [F11 £3,680].]

F12 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F13 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) F14 A 2009 cohort student ... who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives, subject to sub-paragraph (c), an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives [F15 £3,680];

(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed [F16 £50,724], the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is [F16 £3,680]

A is £1 for every complete [F16 £4.23] by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed [F16 £34,298]

B is £1 for every complete [F16 £11.47] by which the household income exceeds [F16 £34,298] but does not exceed [F16 £50,724]; and

(c) where the household income exceeds [F17 £50,724], no maintenance grant is payable.

Textual Amendments

F10 Reg. 58(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 21(a)

F11 Sum in reg. 58(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F12 Reg. 58(2)(3) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 21(b)

F13 Reg. 58(4) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 21(b)

F14 Words in reg. 58(5) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 21(c)

F15 Sum in reg. 58(5)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F16 Sums in reg. 58(5)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F17 Sum in reg. 58(5)(c) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

Amount of the maintenance grant – 2012 cohort students E+W

59.—(1) The maximum amount of maintenance grant available to a 2012 cohort student in respect of an academic year is [F18 £4,009].

(2) A 2012 cohort student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives, subject to sub-paragraph (c), an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives [F19 £4,009];

(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed [F20 £42,737] the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is [F20 £4,009]

A is £1 for every complete [F20 £4.48] by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and

(c) where the household income exceeds [F21 £42,737], no maintenance grant is payable.

Textual Amendments

F18 Sum in reg. 59(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F19 Sum in reg. 59(2)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F20 Sums in reg. 59(2)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F21 Sum in reg. 59(2)(c) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

[F22 Amount of the maintenance grant – current system students who are not F23 ... 2009, 2012 or 2016 cohort students] E+W

60.— [F24 (1) The maximum amount of maintenance grant available to a current system student who is not a F25 ... 2009, 2012 or 2016 cohort student in respect of an academic year is [F26 £3,680].]

F27 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F27 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F28 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) A current system student [F29 other than a F30 ... 2009, 2012 or 2016 cohort student] who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £18,360 or less, the student receives [F31 £3,680];

(b) where the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed [F32 £39,593], the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is [F32 £3,680]

A is £1 for every complete [F32 £4.71] by which the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed [F33 £28,111];

B is £1 for every complete [F32 £7.36] by which the household income exceeds [F33 £28,111] but does not exceed [F32 £39,593];

(c) where the household income exceeds [F34 £39,593], no maintenance grant is payable.

Textual Amendments

F22 Reg. 60 heading substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 22(a)

F23 Word in reg. 60 heading omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)

F24 Reg. 60(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 22(b)

F25 Word in reg. 60(1) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b)

F26 Sum in reg. 60(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F27 Reg. 60(2)(3) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 22(c)

F28 Reg. 60(4) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 22(c)

F29 Words in reg. 60(5) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1951), regs. 1(3)(a), 22(d)

F30 Word in reg. 60(5) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(c)

F31 Sum in reg. 60(5)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F32 Sums in reg. 60(5)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.

F33 Sums in reg. 60(5)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(c)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1203), reg. 1(2), Sch.

F34 Sum in reg. 60(5)(c) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c)(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch.