PART 5GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS
CHAPTER 4GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS
Childcare grant45.
(1)
An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for a childcare grant in connection with A's attendance on a designated course in accordance with this regulation.
(2)
Subject to paragraphs (3) F1, (3B) and (4), the childcare grant is available in respect of an academic year in which A incurs prescribed childcare charges for—
(a)
a dependent child who is under the age of 15 immediately before the beginning of the academic year; or
(b)
a dependent child who has special educational needs within the meaning of F2section 20 of the Children and Families Act 2014 and is under the age of 17 immediately before the beginning of the academic year.
(3)
(a)
(b)
F9(c)
F12(d)
A’s partner is eligible for a healthcare tuition payment and has elected to receive financial support for childcare under section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
F13(3A)
In this regulation, the terms “entitlement period” and “valid declaration of eligibility” have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Childcare Payments Act 2014 and regulations made thereunder.
(3B)
A does not qualify for a childcare grant during any entitlement period for which A or A’s partner has made a valid declaration of eligibility under the Childcare Payments Act 2014 in relation to any child.
(4)
A does not qualify for a childcare grant if the prescribed childcare charges that A incurs for A's child are paid or to be paid by A to A's partner.
(5)
Subject to F14paragraphs (6) and (8), the basic amount of childcare grant for each week is—
(a)
for one dependent child, 85 per cent. of the prescribed childcare charges, subject to a maximum amount of F15£193.62 per week; or
(b)
for two or more dependent children, 85 per cent. of the prescribed childcare charges, subject to a maximum amount of F16£331.95 per week
except that A does not qualify for any such grant in respect of each week falling within the period between the end of the course and the end of the academic year in which the course ends.
(6)
For the purposes of calculating the basic amount of childcare grant—
(a)
a week runs from Monday to Sunday; and
(b)
where a week in respect of which prescribed childcare charges are incurred falls partly within and partly outside the academic year in respect of which childcare grant is payable under this regulation, the maximum weekly amount of grant is calculated by multiplying the relevant maximum weekly amount in paragraph (5) by the number of days of that week falling within the academic year and dividing the product by seven.
(7)
In this regulation “prescribed childcare charges” means childcare charges of a description prescribed for the purposes of section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 M1.
F17(8)
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F18(9)
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(10)
Subject to paragraph F19... (11), a childcare grant is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.
F20(11)
Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—
(a)
in the course of the first academic year of a course; and
(b)
on or before the course start date,
the student may qualify for a childcare grant in respect of the four quarters of that academic year.
(11A)
Where—
(a)
a course designation event which results in student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or
(b)
an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,
the student may qualify for a childcare grant in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.
F21(12)
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