{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/regulation-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/regulation-56.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/529",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/56",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Amount of the maintenance grant – 2008 cohort students",
  "text": "(1) The maximum amount of maintenance grant available to a 2008 cohort student in respect of an academic year is —\n(a) in the case of a type 1 teacher training student, £1,417;\n(b) in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £2,835; and\n(c) in the case of a 2008 cohort student other than a type 1 or type 2 teacher training student, £2,835.\n(2) A type 1 teacher training student who is a 2008 cohort student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—\n(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, he receives £1,417;\n(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,450, he receives an amount equal to M−( A 2 ) where—\nM is £1,417\nA is £1 for every complete £6 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and\n(c) where the household income exceeds £34,450 or he opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, he receives £630.\n(3) A type 2 teacher training student who is a 2008 cohort student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year —\n(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, he receives £2,835;\n(b) where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,450, he receives an amount equal to M−A where—\nM is £2,835\nA is £1 for every complete £6 by which the household income exceeds £25,000; and\n(c) where the household income exceeds £34,450 or he opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, he receives £1,260.\n(4) A 2008 cohort student other than a type 1 or type 2 teacher training student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—\n(a) where the household income is £25,000 or less, he receives £2,835;\n(b) subject to sub-paragraph (c); where the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £60,005, he receives an amount equal to M−( A+B ) where—\nM is £2,835\nA is £1 for every complete £6 by which the household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £34,450\nB is £1 for every complete £21.12 by which the household income exceeds £34,450 but does not exceed £60,005; and\n(c) where the household income exceeds £60,005, no maintenance grant is payable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 56 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/529",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/529/regulation/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:35:39.347199+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."
}