Paragraph 4 Parental contribution
In the case of a student who attained the age of 18 before the 15th March 1988 and who—
began his course before that date; or
began a previous designated course before that date and has not subsequently had a break of two years or more during which he was not attending any designated course;
the parental contribution shall, subject to sub-paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) be—
in any case in which the residual income is £11,500 or more but less than £14,700, £60 with the addition of £1 for every complete £7 by which it exceeds £11,500;
in any case in which the residual income is £14,700 or more but less than £21,600, £517 with the addition of £1 for every complete £5 by which it exceeds £14,700; and
in any case in which the residual income is £21,600 or more, £1,897 with the addition of £1 for every complete £4 by which it exceeds £21,600;
reduced in each case in respect of each child of the parent (other than the student) who is wholly or mainly dependent on him on the first day of the year for which the contribution falls to be ascertained, by £100; and in any case in which the residual income is less than £11,500 the parental contribution shall be nil.
In any other case, a parental contribution shall, subject to sub-paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), be 75 per cent of the amount that would be applicable if sub-paragraph (1) applied in his case, rounded to the nearest pound or rounded up to the nearest pound where the calculation produces a remainder of 50p exactly.
The amount or (where a contribution is ascertained in respect of more than one child of the parent) the aggregate amount of the parental contribution shall in no case exceed £5,800 .
For any year in which a statutory award is held by—
more than one child of the parent;
the parent; or
the student’s step parent,
the parental contribution for the student shall be such proportion of any contribution ascertained in accordance with this Part as the authority (after consultation with any other authority concerned) consider just:
Provided that where a contribution is ascertained in respect of more than one child of the parent—
where the contributions are either all ascertained under sub-paragraph (1) or all ascertained under sub-paragraph (2), the aggregate amount of the contributions in respect of each shall not exceed the amount of the contribution that would be ascertained if only one child held an award; or
where the contributions are ascertained under both sub-paragraph (1) and sub-paragraph (2), the aggregate amount of the contributions shall not exceed the average of both or all (as the case may be) the contributions thus ascertained.
Where in any year a student attends only part of his course the parental contribution for that year shall be reduced pro rata.