Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1937

The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 1937

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

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, 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 1993 and shall come into force on 27th August 1993.

    (2)  These Regulations shall apply in relation to a school year beginning on or after the date mentioned in paragraph (1).

    (3)  In these Regulations a reference to the principal Expenses Regulations is a reference to the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1989 ^[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 £10,318 and in such case the grant shall be of an amount equal to so much of the clothing expenditure as does not exceed—
(a) £158, where the relevant income does not exceed £9,059;

(b) £118, where that income exceeds £9,059 but does not exceed £9,480;

(c) £77, where that income exceeds £9,480 but does not exceed £9,887;

(d) £39, where that income exceeds £9,887 but does not exceed £10,318:" .


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 27th August 1993 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 £9,887 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) £58, when the relevant income does not exceed £9,225;

(b) £30, where the income exceeds £9,225 but does not exceed £9,887." .

    3.    In regulation 4(5) of the principal Expenses Regulations (school travel grants) for the sums "£9,609" and "£8,890" there shall be substituted the sums "£9,238" and "£9,059" respectively.

Emily M. Blatch

Minister of State Department for Education

27th July 1993

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

27th July 1993

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Incidental Expenses) Regulations 1989. They come into force on 27th August 1993 and apply to a school year beginning on or after that date.

The means tests for uniform grants and school travel grants are relaxed (regulations 2 and 3).

[1] 1980 c. 20. back

[2] S.I. 1989/1237; amended by S.I. 1990/1547, 1991/1830 and 1992/1661. back