Paragraph 20 Amount of disabled postgraduate student's grant
England and Wales
The amount of disabled postgraduate student’s grant payable to an eligible postgraduate student in respect of an academic year is the amount—
which the Welsh Ministers think appropriate, but
which does not exceed the aggregate amount of the limits applicable in respect of the Cases listed in sub-paragraph (2).
The Cases and the limits are—
Case 1
Expenditure required on a non-medical personal helper, major items of specialist equipment and any other expenditure the eligible postgraduate student incurs in connection with the course by reason of the student’s disability (apart from the expenditure specified in Case 2).
Limit of F3£34,671 in respect of an academic year of a course.
Case 2
Additional expenditure incurred—
within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending an institution, and
within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as part of the present course, any period of study at an overseas institution (including the University of London Institute in Paris).
Limited to the actual expenditure incurred for this purpose.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 4 para. 20(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 11(c)(i)
- F2
Sch. 4 para. 20(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 11(c)(ii)
- F3
Sum in Sch. 4 para. 20(2) substituted (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), 46