Amendment of regulation 60
11. After regulation 60 insert—
“Amount of the special support grant – 2009 cohort students
60A.—(1) The maximum amount of special support grant available to a 2009 cohort student in respect of an academic year is —
(a)in the case of a type 1 or type 3 teacher training student, £1,453;
(b)in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £2,906; and
(c)in the case of a 2009 cohort student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student, £2,906.
(2) A type 1 teacher training student who is a 2009 cohort student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—
(a)where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives £1,453;
(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,000, the student receives an amount equal to where—
M is £1,453
A is £1 for every complete £5.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £34,000 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £553.
(3) A type 2 teacher training student who is a 2009 cohort student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—
(a)where the household income is £25,000 or less, the student receives £2,906;
(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,000, the student receives an amount equal to where—
M is £2,906
A is £1 for every complete £5.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £34,000 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £1,106.
(4) A type 3 teacher training student who is a 2009 cohort student who qualifies for a special support 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 £1,453;
(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £50,020, the student receives an amount equal to where—
M is £1,453
A is £1 for every complete £5.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,000
B is £1 for every complete £15.17 by which the household income exceeds £34,000 but does not exceed £50,020; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £50,020, no special support grant is payable.
(5) A 2009 cohort student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student who qualifies for a special support 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 £2,906;
(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £50,020, the student receives an amount equal to where—
M is £2,906
A is £1 for every complete £5.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,000
B is £1 for every complete £15.17 by which the household income exceeds £34,000 but does not exceed £50,020; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £50,020, no special support grant is payable.”.