
2018 No. 813 (W. 164)
Education, Wales
The Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Made 3 July 2018
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 6 July 2018
Coming into force 1 August 2018
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of powers conferred on the Secretary of State under sections 22 and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and now exercisable by them, make the following Regulations:
PART 1 TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
Title and commencement
1 

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2018.
PART 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2018
Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018
2 
The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 10.
3 
In regulation 46(3)(c), after “household income” insert “exceeding £18,370”.
4 
For regulation 56 substitute—“
Amount of maintenance loan: full-time students who qualify for special support payment
56. 

(1) Where a full-time student qualifies for a special support payment under regulation 50, the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student is calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The amount of maintenance loan payable is calculated by applying the following steps—
Step 1Identify the amount of—
(a) maintenance grant payable to the student under regulation 46, and
(b) base grant payable to the student under regulation 45.
Step 2Identify the amount of base grant and maintenance grant to be treated as a special support payment under regulation 50.
Step 3Identify the applicable amount of living support for the student by reference to Table 8, where—
(a) Column 1 specifies the academic year in relation to which the amounts of living support in Column 3 apply;
(b) Column 2 specifies the location in which the student is living (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1);
(c) Column 3 specifies the applicable amounts of living support for the corresponding entries in Columns 1 and 2.

Table 8
Column 1Academic year Column 2Location of student Column 3Applicable amount of living support for special support student
Beginning on or after 2018 Living at home £7,650
 Living away from home, studying in London £11,250
 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £9,000
Step 4Whichever is the greater of—
(a) the amount identified at Step 3, or
(b) the amounts of grant identified at Step 1 plus the minimum amount of maintenance loan payable to the student as specified by reference to Table 8A,
is the maximum amount of living support available to the student.
Step 5Calculate the notional maximum amount of maintenance loan by deducting the amount of special support payment identified at Step 2 from the maximum amount of living support identified at Step 4.
Step 6Deduct the amount of any maintenance grant payable to the student that is not treated as special support payment from the notional maximum amount of maintenance loan calculated at Step 5.The result is the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student.
(3) In Table 8A—
(a) Column 1 specifies the academic year in relation to which the minimum amounts of maintenance loan in Column 3 apply;
(b) Column 2 specifies the location in which the student is living (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1);
(c) Column 3 specifies the minimum amounts of maintenance loan payable for the corresponding entries in Columns 1 and 2.

Table 8A
Column 1Academic year Column 2Location of student Column 3Minimum amount of maintenance loan payable
Beginning on or after 2018 Living at home £3,325
 Living away from home, studying in London £5,125
 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £4,000
(4) In this regulation, “living support” is the collective term for special support payment, maintenance grant and maintenance loan.”
5 
In regulation 58 (amount of maintenance loan: part-time students), at the end insert—“
(3) This regulation is subject to regulation 58A.”
6 
After regulation 58 insert—“
Amount of maintenance loan: part-time students who qualify for special support payment
58A. 

(1) Where a part-time student qualifies for a special support payment under regulation 50, the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student is calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The amount of maintenance loan is calculated by applying the following steps—
Step 1Identify the amount of base grant and maintenance grant payable to the student which is to be treated as a special support payment under regulation 50.
Step 2Calculate the applicable amount of living support for the student by reference to Table 10A, where Column 2 of the table specifies the amount of living support that applies in relation to the academic year specified in Column 1.

Table 10A
Column 1 Column 2
Academic year Amount of living support for part-time student where special support payable
Beginning on or after 2018 £6,650 multiplied by intensity of study
Step 3Deduct the amount of special support payment identified at Step 1 from the applicable amount of living support identified at Step 2.The result is the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student.
(3) In this regulation, “living support” is the collective term for special support payment, maintenance grant and maintenance loan.”
7 
In regulation 81(2) (qualifying for grants or maintenance loan during the academic year), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—“
(a) will only, in the case of a grant, be in respect of the remaining days of the academic year, and, in the case of a maintenance loan, only be in respect of the remaining term days of the academic year, in either case beginning with the day the relevant event occurs, and”
8 
In regulation 93 (support reduced for periods spent in prison), for paragraph (2) substitute—“
(2) Where this regulation applies, the amount of grant or maintenance loan payable is reduced by the number of days during the academic year that the eligible student is a prisoner.”
9 
In regulation 94 (support reduced for other periods of absence), for paragraph (2) substitute—“
(2) Where this regulation applies, the amount of grant or maintenance loan is reduced by the number of days during the academic year the eligible student is absent from their course.”
10 
In regulation 95 (payments when period of eligibility ends or is terminated), for paragraph (1) substitute—“
(1) Where an eligible student’s period of eligibility has ended or has been terminated, any amount of grant or maintenance loan payable in respect of an academic year is reduced by the number of days in the academic year when eligibility has ended or terminated.”
Kirsty Williams
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
3 July 2018