# The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 56: Amount of maintenance loan: full-time students who qualify for special support payment Extent: E+W (1) Where a full-time student qualifies for a special support payment under regulation 50, the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student is calculated in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) The amount of maintenance loan payable is calculated by applying the following steps— Step 1 Identify the amount of— (a) maintenance grant payable to the student under regulation 46, and (b) base grant payable to the student under regulation 45. Step 2 Identify the amount of base grant and maintenance grant to be treated as a special support payment under regulation 50. Step 3 Identify the applicable amount of living support for the student by reference to Table 8, where— (a) Column 1 specifies the academic year in relation to which the amounts of living support in Column 3 apply; (b) Column 2 specifies the location in which the student is living (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1); (c) Column 3 specifies the applicable amounts of living support for the corresponding entries in Columns 1 and 2. Table 8 Column 1 Academic year Column 2 Location of student Column 3 Applicable amount of living support for special support student Beginning on or after 1 September 2018 but before 1 September 2019 Living at home £7,650 Living away from home, studying in London £11,250 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £9,000 Beginning on or after 1 September 2019 but before 1 September 2020 Living at home £7,840 Living away from home, studying in London £11,530 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £9,225 Beginning on or after 1 September 2020 but before 1 September 2021 Living at home £8,335 Living away from home, studying in London £12,260 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £9,810 Beginning on or after 1 September 2021 but before 1 September 2022 Living at home £8,790 Living away from home, studying in London £12,930 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £10,350 Beginning on or after 1 September 2022 but before 1 September 2023 Living at home £9,095 Living away from home, studying in London £13,375 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £10,710 Beginning on or after 1 September 2023 but before 1 September 2024 Living at home £9,950 Living away from home, studying in London £14,635 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £11,720 Beginning on or after 1 September 2024 but before 1 September 2025 Living at home £10,315 Living away from home, studying in London £15,170 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £12,150 Beginning on or after 1 September 2025 but before 1 September 2026 Living at home £10,480 Living away from home, studying in London £15,415 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £12,345 Beginning on or after 1 September 2026 Living at home £11,850 Living away from home, studying in London £17,675 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £14,045 Step 4 Whichever is the greater of— (a) the amount identified at Step 3, or (b) the amounts of grant identified at Step 1 plus the minimum amount of maintenance loan payable to the student as specified by reference to Table 8A, is the maximum amount of living support available to the student. Step 5 Calculate the notional maximum amount of maintenance loan by deducting the amount of special support payment identified at Step 2 from the maximum amount of living support identified at Step 4. Step 6 Deduct the amount of any maintenance grant payable to the student that is not treated as special support payment from the notional maximum amount of maintenance loan calculated at Step 5. The result is the amount of maintenance loan payable to the student. (3) In Table 8A— (a) Column 1 specifies the academic year in relation to which the minimum amounts of maintenance loan in Column 3 apply; (b) Column 2 specifies the location in which the student is living (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1); (c) Column 3 specifies the minimum amounts of maintenance loan payable for the corresponding entries in Columns 1 and 2. Table 8A Column 1 Academic year Column 2 Location of student Column 3 Minimum amount of maintenance loan payable Beginning on or after 1 September 2018 but before 1 September 2019 Living at home £3,325 Living away from home, studying in London £5,125 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £4,000 Beginning on or after 1 September 2019 but before 1 September 2020 Living at home £3,420 Living away from home, studying in London £5,265 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £4,110 Beginning on or after 1 September 2020 but before 1 September 2021 Living at home £3,665 Living away from home, studying in London £5,630 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £4,405 Beginning on or after 1 September 2021 but before 1 September 2022 Living at home £3,895 Living away from home, studying in London £5,965 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £4,675 Beginning on or after 1 September 2022 but before 1 September 2023 Living at home £4,045 Living away from home, studying in London £6,185 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £4,855 Beginning on or after 1 September 2023 but before 1 September 2024 Living at home £4,475 Living away from home, studying in London £6,815 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £5,360 Beginning on or after 1 September 2024 but before 1 September 2025 Living at home £4,655 Living away from home, studying in London £7,085 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £5,575 Beginning on or after 1 September 2025 but before 1 September 2026 Living at home £4,740 Living away from home, studying in London £7,205 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £5,670 Beginning on or after 1 September 2026 Living at home £4,830 Living away from home, studying in London £7,350 Living away from home, studying elsewhere £5,785 (4) In this regulation, “living support” is the collective term for special support payment, maintenance grant and maintenance loan. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/191/regulation/56 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-56 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.