The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2005

Grants for disabled students' living costs

14.—(1) An eligible student shall qualify in accordance with this regulation for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the Secretary of State is satisfied he is obliged to incur in respect of his undertaking a designated course by reason of a disability to which he is subject.

(2) An eligible student shall not qualify for a grant under this regulation unless he undertakes the course in the United Kingdom.

(3) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of grant under this regulation shall be the amount that the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(4) The amount of the grant shall not exceed—

(a) £11,840 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

(b) £4,680 in respect of all the academic years during the period of eligibility for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;

(c) the additional expenditure incurred—

(i) within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution,

(ii) within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as a part of his course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the British Institute in Paris;

(d) £1,565 in respect of an academic year for any other expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) which exceeds the specified maxima.

(5) Where the eligible student has received payments to assist with expenditure on major items of specialist equipment in connection with the course by virtue of holding a transitional award, the maximum amount of grant under paragraph (4)(b) shall be reduced by the amount of those payments.

(6) The maximum amount of grant under paragraphs (4)(a) and (4)(d) shall be £8,885 and £1,170, respectively where—

(a) an eligible student attends a course referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 3; and

(b) in any academic year of that course, the periods of full-time attendance (including attendance for the purpose of teaching practice) are in aggregate less than 6 weeks.