The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1979

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Made

24th July 2002

Laid before Parliament

5th August 2002

Coming into force

1st September 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 3(1), (2), (5) and (9) of the Education (Schools) Act 1997(1), and after consulting, in accordance with section 3(7) of that Act, such bodies as appear to her to be appropriate and representative of schools which provide assisted places under section 2(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002, and shall come into force on 1st September 2002.

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

(3) These Regulations shall apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after the date that they come into force.

Amendment of the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997

2.—(1) The Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997(2) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 10(4) and (6), for “£1,430” in each place where it appears there shall be substituted “£1,465”.

(3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, for “£11,116” there shall be substituted “£11,368”.

(4) For the table following paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following table—

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Part of relevent income to which specified percentage applies	Only assisted pupil	Each of two assisted pupils	Each of three assisted pupils
	(%)	(%)	(%)
That part (if any) which exceeds £11,202 but does not exceed £12,181	9	6.75	5.25
That part (if any) which exceeds £12,181 but does not exceed £13,175	12	9	7
That part (if any) which exceeds £13,175 but does not exceed £15,147	15	11.25	8.75
That part (if any) which exceeds £15,147 but does not exceed £18,188	21	15.75	12.25
That part (if any) which exceeds £18,188 but does not exceed £22,151	24	18	14
That part (if any) which exceeds £22,151	33	24.75	19.25

David Miliband

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Skills

24th July 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 1997 in respect of a school year beginning on or after 1st September 2002. They apply only in relation to England. The reductions to be made in relevant income in respect of dependent relatives pursuant to regulation 10(4) and (6) of the 1997 Regulations are increased from £1,430 to £1,465.

The means test for the remission of fees is relaxed: the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is set at £11,368 instead of £11,116, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum.

(1)

1997 c. 59. Section 3(2) was amended, with effect from 24th July 1998, by section 130(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.

(2)

S.I. 1997/1968, amended by S.I. 1998/1726, S.I. 1998/1966, S.I. 1999/1504, S.I. 2000/2111 and S.I. 2001/2744.