{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-regulations-2008/regulation-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-regulations-2008/regulation-61.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1582",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/61",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Amount of the special support grant – current system students who are not 2008 cohort students",
  "text": "(1) The maximum amount of special support grant available to a current system student who is not a 2008 cohort student in respect of an academic year is—\n(a) in the case of a type 1 or type 3 teacher training student, £1,453;\n(b) in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £2,906;\n(c) in the case of a current system student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student, £2,906.\n(2) A type 1 teacher training student who is not a 2008 cohort student and who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—\n(a) where the household income is £18,360 or less, the student receives £1,453;\n(b) where the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed £27,819, the student receives an amount equal to M−( A 2 ) where—\nM is £1,453\nA is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £18,360; and\n(c) where the household income exceeds £27,819 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £646.\n(3) A type 2 teacher training student who is not a 2008 cohort student and who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—\n(a) where the household income is £18,360 or less, the student receives £2,906;\n(b) where the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed £27,819, the student receives an amount equal to M−A where—\nM is £2,906\nA is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £18,360; and\n(c) where the household income exceeds £27,819 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £1,292.\n(4) A type 3 teacher training student who is not a 2008 cohort student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives, subject to sub-paragraph (c), an amount as follows in respect of that year—\n(a) where the household income is £18,360 or less, the student receives £1,453;\n(b) where the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed £39,333, the student receives an amount equal to M−( A​+​B 2 ) where—\nM is £1,453\nA is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed £27,819\nB is £1 for every complete £9.27 by which the household income exceeds £27,819 but does not exceed £39,333; and\n(c) where the household income exceeds £39,333, no special support grant is payable.\n(5) A current system student other than a 2008 cohort student or a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—\n(a) where the household income is £18,360 or less, the student receives £2,906;\n(b) where the household income exceeds £18,360 but does not exceed £27,819, the student receives an amount equal to M−A where—\nM is £2,906\nA is £1 for every complete £5.86 by which the household income exceeds £18,360;\n(c) where the household income exceeds £27,819 but does not exceed £39,333, the student receives an amount equal to RM−A where—\nRM is £1,292\nA is £1 for every complete £9.27 by which the household income exceeds £27,819; and\n(d) where the household income exceeds £39,333, no special support grant is payable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 61 in force at 1.9.2008, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2939",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2939",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1582",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1582/regulation/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:36:41.950750+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}