PART 5GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

CHAPTER 3DISABLED STUDENTS’ ALLOWANCES

Qualifying conditions for the disabled students’ allowance40

An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for a grant to assist with the additional expenditure which the Secretary of State is satisfied that A is obliged to incur in connection with A’s attendance on a designated course by reason of a disability to which A is subject.

Amount of the disabled students’ allowance41

1

Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of the disabled students’ allowance is the amount that the Secretary of State considers appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances.

2

Except where paragraph (4) applies, the amount of the disabled students’ allowance must not exceed—

a

£20,520 in respect of an academic year for expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

b

£5,161 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 the student’s course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purpose of attending the Institute;

d

£1,724 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 maxima specified in those sub-paragraphs.

3

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 (2)(b) is reduced by the amount of those payments.

4

The maximum amount under paragraphs (2)(a) and (d) is £15,390 and £1,293, respectively where—

a

an eligible student attends a course for the initial training of teachers; and

b

in any academic year of that course, the periods of full-time study and full-time teaching practice are in aggregate less than 6 weeks.