The Education (Teacher Training Hardship Grants) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 2621

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Teacher Training Hardship Grants) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

Made

19th July 2001

Laid before Parliament

19th July 2001

Coming into force

1st September 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 50 and 63(3) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Teacher Training Hardship Grants) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force 1st September 2001.

(2) These Regulations shall only apply in relation to England.

(3) In these Regulations:

“the Agency” means the Teacher Training Agency(2);

“governing body” in relation to an institution conducted by a company, shall be construed in accordance with any order under section 4(3) of the Education Act 1994; and

“institution” means an eligible institution within the meaning of section 4(2) of the Education Act 1994.

Provision of grant

2.—(1) The Agency may pay grants to the governing bodies of institutions providing initial teacher training to facilitate and encourage the training of a person as a teacher in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

(2) Grant may only be paid in respect of expenditure approved by the Agency and incurred by the governing body of an institution in relieving financial hardship suffered by students undertaking, or proposing to undertake, courses of initial teacher training at the institution.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) a student suffers financial hardship if he is in such serious financial difficulties that his access to a course or his continued attendance on a course may be at risk.

Conditions

3.  The making of a payment shall be dependent on the fulfilment of such conditions as may be determined by the Agency.

Repayment

4.  Where in the opinion of the Agency any information or assumption on the basis of which grant has been paid is incorrect, the governing body to whom the grant was paid shall at the request of the Agency repay such sums not exceeding the total grant as the Agency may request.

5.  The Education (Teacher Training Hardship Grants) (England) Regulations 2001(3) are revoked.

Stephen Timms

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Skills

19th July 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply only in relation to England, authorise the Teacher Training Agency to pay grants to facilitate and encourage the training of teachers to institutions providing such training for the purpose of relieving financial hardship suffered by students undertaking, or proposing to undertake, course of such training (regulation 2). The payment of grant is dependent on any further conditions that the Teacher Training Agency may impose (regulation 3).

These Regulations revoke the Education (Teacher Training Hardship Grants) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1285).

(1)

1986 c. 61; section 50 was amended by section 278(6) of, and paragraph 102 of Schedule 19 to, the Education Act 1993 (c. 35) (which continue in force by virtue of paragraph 65 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)) and section 13 of the Education Act 1994. (c. 30), and section 63(3) was amended by paragraph 107(a) of Schedule 19 to the Education Act 1993. The Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 50 only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(2)

Established by section 1 of the Education Act 1994 (c. 30).

(3)

S.I. 2001/1285.