Overpayment policy document LA/SLC

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Change of Circumstances and Overpayments Policy Guidance

 

 

 

 

Higher Education Student Finance in England 2007/08 Academic Year

TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES

(For the attention of the Student Support Officer)
 

November2007

Dear Colleague
 

2007/08 STUDENT FINANCE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT: ‘CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND OVERPAYMENTS POLICY GUIDANCE’.

Attached is guidance for key delivery partners in the 2007/08 student finance implementation project: ‘Change of circumstances and overpayments policy guidance’.

If you have any enquiries on this guidance, please contact:

Name Telephone E-mail DfES Student Support Team 0845 6020586 SSIN_queries@slc.co.uk

 

Any updates will be in bold green type.
Table of Contents

Introduction
 

1. This chapter provides policy guidance to LAs on how to deal with changes in the circumstances of a student that may have an impact on their entitlement to support, and on the recovery of overpayments of grants and loans from students who have received support under the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2007.
   
2. This chapter deals with the following subjects:

• students who have withdrawn from their course;

• students who have suspended their study;
  
• resuming payment of support; and
  
• Recovery of overpayments of loans and grants.

1. Policy guidance on previous study, including termination of eligibility and LA discretion can be found in the ’Assessing Eligibility’ chapter.
   
2. LAs should refer to the ‘Assessing Eligibility’ chapter for policy guidance relating to students transferring courses. In all transfer cases, the written consent of the importing institution is required.
   
3. An ‘overpayment’ occurs, for example, when a student’s entitlement is reassessed, and the result of this reassessment is that the annual entitlement to support is reduced to an amount less than that which the student has already been paid, or it comes to light that a student has been paid more than he is entitled to.