United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

    " (2) The dependants requirement for each week for which a student shall be eligible under paragraph (1) is:


(a) where the academic year begins in the autumn, for the period of 40 weeks beginning on the first day of the first term of the academic year:


(i) for one dependent child, 85 per cent. of the costs of the childcare, subject to a maximum amount of £114.75 per week; or

(ii) for two or more dependent children, 85 per cent. of the costs of the childcare, subject to a maximum amount of £170 per week;



(b) where the academic year begins in the winter, spring or summer, for each week of each term of the academic year and the Christmas and Easter vacations beginning on the first day of the first term of the academic year:



(i) for one dependent child, 85 per cent. of the costs of the childcare, subject to a maximum amount of £114.75 per week; or

(ii) for two or more dependent children, 85 per cent. of the costs of the childcare, subject to a maximum amount of £170 per week; and



(c) for any other week of the academic year to which sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) do not apply including a week of the summer vacation, except each week falling within the period between the end of the course and the end of the academic year in which the course ends:



(i) for one dependent child, 70 per cent. of the costs of the childcare, subject to a maximum amount of £94.50 per week; or

(ii) for two or more dependent children, 70 per cent. of the costs of the childcare, subject to a maximum amount of £140 per week.".

Margaret Hodge
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills

31st January 2002