# The Education and Training (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Regulation 7: Amount and type of grant


(1) A learning account holder shall be eligible for only one of the following grants in an account holder’s year–
(a) subject to paragraph (5), in his first account holder’s year only, a grant or grants of up to £150 in total towards the costs and expenses of education or training commenced in that year provided that–
(i) he has first paid a minimum of £25 towards the cost of such education or training to its provider; and
(ii) he has become a learning account holder on, or prior to, the commencement of the course in respect of which the grant has been claimed;
(b) a grant of eighty per cent of the costs of such education or training in basic computing, numeracy or communication as may be specified by the Scottish Ministers up to such maximum amount of grant in any account holder’s year as may be determined by the Scottish Ministers; and
(c) a grant of twenty per cent of the costs of such education or training up to a maximum amount of £100 in any account holder’s year.
(2) The costs of education and training which shall be eligible for grant in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be the direct costs of the education or training including course registration, assessment fees, qualification and examination fees, the provision of professional advice and guidance, or such other costs as may be determined by the Scottish Ministers.
(3) In addition to the grants specified in paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers may pay to learning account holders an additional grant in respect of any travel, accommodation or other costs incurred by the learning account holder as a result of his undertaking the relevant education or training.
(4) The amount of such additional grant as specified in paragraph (3), the manner and timing of payment and the conditions of eligibility shall be as determined by the Scottish Ministers, and different amounts and conditions of eligibility may be determined by the Scottish Ministers for different categories of learning account holder.
(5) A maximum of 100,000 grants of the type specified in paragraph (1)(a) shall be paid by the Scottish Ministers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/292/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-training-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-7
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