Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber

[2023] UKUT 193 (AAC)

Fecha: 21-Jul-2021

disregarding the Parents’ Learning Allowance (see paragraph 23 above) under regulation 59(4) of the Regulations

(b)

disregarding the Parents’ Learning Allowance (see paragraph 23 above) under regulation 59(4) of the Regulations;

(c)

taking into account the maintenance loan of £12,114 to which the claimant would have been entitled (see paragraph 24 above) and then:

(i)

disregarding £693 as money intended to meet the cost of books and equipment under regulation 64(5);

(ii)

dividing the reduced amount of £11,421 by 42 weeks in accordance with regulation 64(2) to give £271.93 per week; and then

(iii)

making the further disregard of £10 required by the full-out words of regulation 64(2) to give £261.93 per week;

(d)

on the view of the law that Gravesham took, the £9,000 loan for tuition fees (see paragraph 21 above), which the claimant also declined, was technically required to be taken into account as income. However, it then fell to be disregarded in full under regulation 64A.