# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Regulation 82: Changes during a course year

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies if any of the following changes occurs during the course year—
(a) there is a change in the number of the eligible student’s dependants;
(b) a person becomes or ceases to be a dependant of the eligible student;
(c) a student becomes eligible for support as a result of—
(i) a course designation event, or
(ii) an in-year qualifying event.
(2) For the purposes of determining whether adult dependants’ grant or parents’ learning allowance is payable, the Secretary of State must determine the following in relation to each day of the course year, by reference to the student’s circumstances on that day—
(a) how many dependants the eligible student is to be treated as having;
(b) who those dependants are.
(3) The amount of adult dependants’ grant and parents’ learning allowance in respect of a day of the course year is the amount that grant would be for the course year if the student’s circumstances on that day applied for the duration of the course year, divided by 365 or, where the course year includes 29th February, 366.
(4) The amount of grants for dependants for the course year is the aggregate of the amounts of adult dependants’ grant and parents’ learning allowance calculated in respect of each day of the course year under paragraph (3) and the amount of any childcare grant for the course year calculated under regulation 79.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/regulation/82 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-82
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