Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st August 2005.

Amendment of Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

2.  The Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2) are amended as follows:–

(a)in regulation 9(3) and (5) (references to income) for the sum of “£1,541” in the three places where it occurs substitute “£1,573”;

(b)in regulation 13(2) (scales of remission) for the sum of “£11,943” substitute “£12,193”;

(c)in regulation 15(6) (school travel grants for day pupils and amounts thereof) for the sums of “£11,961” and “£11,769” substitute “£12,212” and “£12,016” respectively;

(d)in regulation 16(5) (school travel grants for boarding pupils and amounts thereof) for the sums of “£11,961” and “£11,769” substitute “£12,212” and “£12,016” respectively;

(e)for regulation 17(2) substitute–

“(2) A clothing grant shall be made in the case of an assisted pupil as respects whom the relevant income does not exceed £13,115 and 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)£81, where the relevant income is £12,193 or less;

(b)£42, where that income exceeds £12,193 but does not exceed £13,116.”; and

(f)for Schedule 2 substitute–

Regulation 13

“SCHEDULE 2SCALES OF REMISSION

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 to uprate the qualifying income levels for the remission of fees and charges and the making of grants under the assisted places scheme.

The deduction made from relevant income for dependent children and relatives has been increased from £1,541 to £1,573 (regulation 2(a)).

The level of income at or below which fees are to be wholly remitted is increased from £11,943 to £12,193 with corresponding increases in the extent of remission where the relevant income exceeds that figure (regulation 2(b) and (f)).

The qualifying income levels for school travel grants and clothing grants are also uprated, with clothing grants being increased by either £2 or £1 (regulation 2(c), (d) and (e)).