The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

PART 3 AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2018

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

18.  The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 20 to 30.

Amendment to regulation 40

19.  In regulation 40 (amount of tuition fee loan), in Table 2, category of student 4, column 4 for—

(a) “Wales, England and Scotland” substitute “Wales and England”;

(b) “Northern Ireland” in the last place that it occurs substitute “Scotland and Northern Ireland”.

Amendments to regulation 55

20.  In regulation 55 (amount of maintenance loan: full-time students), Table 7—

(1) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 1 September 2020”;

(2) in column 4, for—

(a) “£6,840” substitute “£7,335”;

(b) “£10,530” substitute “£11,260”;

(c) “£8,225” substitute “£8,810”;

(d) “£3,420” substitute “£3,665”;

(e) “£5,265” substitute “£5,630”;

(f) “£4,110” substitute “£4,405”.

Amendments to regulation 56

21.  In regulation 56 (amount of maintenance loan: full-time students who qualify for special support payment)—

(1) in Table 8—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 2020”;

(b) in column 3, for—

(i) “£7,840” substitute “£8,335”;

(ii) “£11,530” substitute “£12,260”;

(iii) “£9,225” substitute “£9,810”;

(2) in Table 8A—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 2020”;

(b) in column 3, for —

(i) “£3,420” substitute “£3,665”;

(ii) “£5,265” substitute “£5,630”;

(iii) “£4,110” substitute “£4,405”.

Amendments to regulation 57

22.  In regulation 57 (increased maintenance loan for full-time students in extended years), in Table 9—

(1) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 1 September 2020”;

(2) in column 3, for—

(a) “£84” substitute “£86”;

(b) “£162” substitute “£167”;

(c) “£127” substitute “£131”.

Amendment to regulation 58

23.  In regulation 58 (amount of maintenance loan: part-time students), in Table 10—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 1 September 2020”;

(b) in column 2, for “£5,815” substitute “£6,245”.

Amendment to regulation 58A

24.  In regulation 58A (amount of maintenance loan: part-time students who qualify for special support payment), in Table 10A—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 2020”;

(b) in column 2, for “£6,815” substitute “£7,245”.

Amendments to regulation 63

25.  In regulation 63 (amount of disabled student’s grant), paragraph (2) for—

(a) “£22,472” substitute “£23,258”;

(b) “£16,853” substitute “£17,443”;

(c) “£5,657” substitute “£5,849”;

(d) “£1,894” substitute “£1,954”;

(e) “£1,420” substitute “£1,465”.

Amendment to regulation 72

26.  In regulation 72 (maximum amount of adults dependant grant), in Table 11—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 1 September 2020”;

(b) in column 2, for “£2,732” substitute “£3,094”.

Amendment to regulation 74

27.  In regulation 74 (maximum amount of parents’ learning grant), in Table 12—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 1 September 2020”;

(b) in column 2, for “£1,557” substitute “£1,766”.

Amendments to regulation 76

28.  In regulation 76 (maximum amount of childcare grant)—

(1) in Table 13—

(a) in column 1, for “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” substitute “Beginning on or after 1 September 2020”;

(b) in column 3—

(i) for “£161.50” substitute “£174.22”;

(ii) for “£274.55” substitute “£298.69”;

(2) in paragraph (4)(a), for “£115” substitute “£134.70”.

Amendment to Schedule 4

29.  In Schedule 4, in paragraph 20(1)(a) for “£20,000” substitute “£20,580”.

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S.I.2018/191 (W. 42) as amended by S.I. 2018/813 (W. 164), S.I. 2018/814 (W. 165), S.I. 2019/235 (W. 54) and S.I. 2019/424 (W. 98) (as from exit day, as defined by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, section 20(1)–(5)).