{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2018/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Calculation of household income",
  "text": "(1) An eligible student's household income is calculated by applying the following steps— Step 1 If the student is not an independent eligible student (see paragraph 4), aggregate the total residual income of the persons listed in List A. If the student is an independent eligible student, aggregate the total residual income of the persons listed in List B.\nList A\nThe persons are—\n(a) the eligible student, plus\n(b) either—\n(i) each of the eligible student's parents (subject to paragraph 5), or\n(ii) where the student's parents have separated, the parent selected under paragraph 6(3) and that parent's partner (if that parent has one), (subject to paragraph 7).\nList B\nThe persons are—\n(a) the independent eligible student, plus\n(b) the student's partner (if the student has one), (subject to paragraphs 7 and 8).\nStep 2 Calculate the applicable amount of dependent child deduction (see sub-paragraphs (2) to (4)) and deduct that from the aggregated total calculated under Step 1. The result is the eligible student's household income.\n(2) A dependent child deduction is a deduction made in respect of each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on—\n(a) the eligible student,\n(b) the eligible student's partner,\n(c) the eligible student's parent, or\n(d) the partner of the eligible student's parent,\nwhere the income of that person is taken into account for the purposes of calculating household income.\n(3) But no deduction is to be made in respect of a child of—\n(a) the eligible student's parent, or\n(b) the partner of the eligible student's parent,\nif the child is the eligible student.\n(4) In Table 15, Column 2 sets out the amount of dependent child deduction in respect of the academic year set out in the corresponding entry in Column 1.\nTable 15\nColumn 1Academic year\nColumn 2Amount of dependent child deduction\nBeginning on or after 1 September 2018 but before 1 September 2026\n£1,150\nBeginning on or after 1 September 2026\n£1,175",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(4) Table 15 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 45(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 3 para. 3(4) Table 15 substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 32 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(4) Table 15 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 45(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/191/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:24:02.114980+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."
}