PART 5GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS
CHAPTER 7SPECIAL SUPPORT GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS
Amount of the special support grant – 2008 cohort students
61.—(1) The maximum amount of special support grant available to a 2008 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 2008 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 2008 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 £34,459 the student receives an amount equal to
M is £1,453
A is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £34,459 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £646.
(3) A type 2 teacher training student who is a 2008 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 £34,459, the student receives an amount equal to 
M is £2,906
A is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £34,459 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £1,292.
(4) A type 3 teacher training student who is a 2008 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 £60,032, the student receives an amount equal to 
M is £1,453
A is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,459
B is £1 for every complete £20.59 by which the household income exceeds £34,459 but does not exceed £60,032; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £60,032, no special support grant is payable.
(5) A 2008 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 £60,032, the student receives an amount equal to 
M is £2,906,
A is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,459,
B is £1 for every complete £20.59 by which the household income exceeds £34,459 but does not exceed £60,032; and
(c)where the household income exceeds £60,032, no special support grant is payable.