Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Regulations amend the St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) Regulations 1995 to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the aided places scheme.
The details of these amendments are as follows:–
the deduction from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,230 to £1,265 (regulation 2(a));
the level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £8,723 to £8,963 for boarders and from £10,972 to £11,275 for day pupils, with corresponding increases in the extent of fee remission where the relevant income exceeds these sums (regulation 2(b) and (c));
the qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are increased (regulation 2(d) and (e));
school clothing grants are increased by amounts varying from £1 to £5 (regulation 2(d)).