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PART 5GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

CHAPTER 7SPECIAL SUPPORT GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

Amount of the special support grant – 2009 cohort students

63.—(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, £1,492;

(b)in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £2,984; and

(c)in the case of a 2009 cohort student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student, £2,984

(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 £1,492

(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,250 the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £1,492

A is £1 for every complete £10.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and

(c)where the household income exceeds £34,250 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £567.

(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 £2,984;

(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,250, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £2,984

A is £1 for every complete £5.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and

(c)where the household income exceeds £34,250 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £1,134.

(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 £1,492;

(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £50,695, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £1,492

A is £1 for every complete £10.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,250

B is £1 for every complete £30.34 by which the household income exceeds £34,250 but does not exceed £50,695; and

(c)where the household income exceeds £50,695, 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 £2,984;

(b)where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £50,695, the student receives an amount equal to where—

M is £2,984

A is £1 for every complete £5.00 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,250

B is £1 for every complete £15.17 by which the household income exceeds £34,250 but does not exceed £50,695; and

(c)where the household income exceeds £50,695, no special support grant is payable.