2000 No. 2111
EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 3(1), (2), (5) and (9) of the Education (Schools) Act 19971, and after consulting, in accordance with section 3(7) of that Act, such bodies as appear to him 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 Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, extent and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 1st September 2000.

(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 19972.

(1)

The Education (Assisted Places) Regulations 19972 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 10(4) and (6), for “£1,300” in each place where it appears there shall be substituted “£1,400”.

(3)

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, for “£10,670” there shall be substituted “£10,901”.

(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 relevant 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 £10,735 but does not exceed £11,674

9

6.75

5.25

That part (if any) which exceeds £11,674 but does not exceed £12,626

12

9

7

That part (if any) which exceeds £12,626 but does not exceed £14,516

15

11.25

8.75

That part (if any) which exceeds £14,516 but does not exceed £17,430

21

15.75

12.25

That part (if any) which exceeds £17,430 but does not exceed £21,228

24

18

14

That part (if any) which exceeds £21,228

33

24.75

19.25

Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
(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 2000. 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 £1,300 to £1,400.

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 £10,901 instead of £10,670, with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where relevant income exceeds that sum.