Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1313

The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

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1987 No. 1313

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 18 and 35(4) of the Education Act 1980^[1] , the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:

    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 15th August 1987.

    (2)  In these Regulations a reference to the principal Expenses Regulations is a reference to the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1985^[2] .

    2.    For paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 3 of the principal Expenses Regulations (uniform grants) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—


"  (3)  In a pupil's first assisted year, uniform grant shall be payable in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £7,752 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed—
(a) £118, where the relevant income does not exceed £6,804;

(b) £89, where that income exceeds £6,804 but does not exceed £7,123;

(c) £59, where that income exceeds £7,123 but does not exceed £7,429;

(d) £30, where that income exceeds £7,429 but does not exceed £7,752:


Provided that any uniform grant which would fall to be paid in a pupil's first assisted year may be paid during the period commencing on 15th August 1987 and ending when that year begins.

    (4)  In any subsequent school year uniform grant shall be payable in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £7,429, and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure (disregarding expenditure in respect of which a previous grant has been paid) as does not exceed—
(a) £44, where the relevant income does not exceed £6,976;

(b) £22, where that income exceeds £6,976 but does not exceed £7,429."

    3.    In regulation 4(5) of the principal Expenses Regulations (school travel grants) for the sums "£6,819" and "£6,638" there shall be substituted the sums "£6,985" and "£6,804" respectively.

    4.    In regulation 5(2) of the principal Expenses Regulations (remission of charges for meals) for the sum "£5,773" there shall be substituted the sum "£5,917" .

    5.    In regulation 7(1) of the principal Expenses Regulations after the words "a normal course of study at a school for" there shall be inserted the words "the examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education," and for the word "thereto" there shall be substituted the words "to any of them" .

Kenneth Baker

Secretary of State for Education and Science

22nd July 1987

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

23rd July 1987

These Regulations further amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1985 and come into force on 15th August 1987 (regulation 1).

The means tests for uniform grants, school travel grants and the remission of charges for meals are relaxed (regulations 2 to 4).

The remission of charges for field study courses is extended to courses for examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (regulation 5).

[1] 1980 c. 20. back

[2] S.I. 1985/830, amended by S.I. 1986/990. back