Amount of maintenance loan: full-time studentsE+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 [F1An eligible student undertaking an academic year of a designated course, who is not a Category 2 student.]
Category 2 [F2An 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.
[F4Table 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 [F5but 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 | ||
| [F6Beginning on or after 1 September 2022 [F7but 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] | ||
| [F8Beginning on or after 1 September 2023 [F9but 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] | ||
| [F10Beginning 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
F1Words 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)
F2Words 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)
F3Words 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
F4Reg. 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
F5Words 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)
F6Words 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)
F7Words 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)
F8Words 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)
F9Words 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)
F10Words 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)