Full-time students
2018 cohort students
In 2021/22, the following applies:
1Reg 46 E(SS)(W) Regs •Regardless of your household income, you receive the base (or minimum) Welsh government learning grant of £1,000.
•If your household income is £18,370 or less, you receive the maximum additional maintenance grant element which applies.
•If your household income is between £18,371 and £59,200, you receive a reduced amount of the maintenance grant element.
◦If you are entitled to the parental home rate, for every £6.937 of your income that exceeds £18,370, your grant is reduced by £1.
◦If you are entitled to the London rate, for every £4.475 of your income that exceeds £18,370, your grant is reduced by £1.
◦If you are entitled to the elsewhere rate, for every £5.750 of your income that exceeds £18,370, your grant is reduced by £1.
•If your household income is £59,200 or more, you do not receive a maintenance grant. Income above £59,200 may also reduce any supplementary grants for dependants,
2Reg 46 E(SS)(W) Regs and may reduce the grant for travel by up to £1,000, if the total amount payable to you exceeds £303.
3Reg 65 E(SS)(W) Regs
Note: if your Welsh government learning grant is reduced by your household income, the amount of your student loan increases to compensate (see
here).
2012 cohort students
In 2021/22, the following applies.
4Regs 36 and 39 E(SS)(W) Regs 2017•If your household income is £18,370 or less, you receive the maximum maintenance or special support grant.
•If your household income is between £18,371 and £50,020, you receive a reduced amount of the applicable grant (the minimum amount is £50).
◦For every £3.653 of household income between £18,371 and £26,500, £1 is deducted from the grant.
◦For every £4.18 of household income between £26,501 and £34,000, £1 is deducted from the grant.
◦For every £14.67 of household income above £34,000, £1 is deducted from the grant until the maximum household income of £50,020 is reached.
•No grant is payable if household income is £50,021 or more.
Income above £50,753 reduces other support at a rate of £1 for every £5 of additional income.
5Sch 5 E(SS)(W) Regs 2017 Any supplementary grants for dependants are reduced first, then the 25 per cent of the student loan that is means tested, and finally any grant for travel costs.
6Reg 56 E(SS)(W) Regs 2017