# The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011, Regulation 41: Amount of the disabled students' allowance

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(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of the disabled students' allowance is the amount that the Secretary of State considers appropriate in accordance with the student's circumstances.
(1A) Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of the disabled students’ allowance in respect of additional expenditure on a computer must not exceed an amount equal to the additional expenditure incurred less £200.
(2) The amount of the disabled students’ allowance in respect of an academic year—
(a) for expenditure other than travel expenditure, must not exceed £27,783;
(b) for travel expenditure, must not exceed an amount equal to that expenditure.
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(7) Subject to paragraph (8), the disabled students’ allowance is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year ....
(8) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—
(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and
(b) on or before the course start date,
the student may qualify for the disabled students’ allowance in respect of the four quarters of that academic year.
(8A) Where—
(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or
(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,
the student may qualify for the disabled students’ allowance in respect of the qualifying quarters.
(8B) For the purposes of paragraph (8A) “the qualifying quarters” means—
(a) the quarter in which the relevant event occurs; and
(b) if relevant, such other quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-41
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