Ministry Division
of the Archbishops’ Council
THE SUPPORT OF MARRIED and SINGLE
CANDIDATES
Updated Guideline Figures for the Academic Year 2015/16
May 2015
Please find attached forms: Family Budget Form +
Budget Form for Single Students and
St Mellitus mixed-mode financial guidelines
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Contents
Introduction – guidelines summary
1.
Recommended guideline figures for expenditure
2.
Deacon’s net income
3.
Sample family budget
4.
Allowances from Central Church Funds
5.
Family Maintenance Grants from the Church Times TAP Fund (and
equivalent grants)
6.
Rented accommodation (average costs)
7.
State benefits
8.
Partner’s income
9.
Income from charities and donations
10. Life Assurance Scheme for married candidates
11. Support of lone parents
12. College accommodation charges for single students during vacations
13. College term dates
14. Funding arrangements for Colleges re tuition and maintenance costs
15. Comparison of training costs
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Introduction
The updated guideline figures for the 2015/16 academic year are set out
in the following pages. The increase in the basic guideline figures for
expenditure (Section 1) represents a small inflationary increase of 1.5%
from the current year.
A further section (15) has been added to the present updated document,
which sets out a comparison of the costs of different types of training.
This will be of use to dioceses, particularly in the light of the Reform and
Renewal programme and the proposals of the Resourcing Ministerial
Education review.
Following the change two years ago, the payment of Ministry Division
grants to ordinands training at Colleges will continue to be through the
training institutions – the Colleges retaining the maintenance fees element
whilst passing on to the student any personal grant. The payment of book
and travel grants to Regional Course students and the grants to mixedmode students will continue, as now, direct to ordinands by BACS.
Tuition costs will be met by the Ministry Division direct to the training
institutions. The block grant system has now been completely phased out
and tuition costs paid on a fee per student basis.
There are two standard College maintenance rates: a residential rate
(£5,151 in 2015/16) and a non-residential rate (£3,111 pa in 2015/16).
Section 14 gives further information about what is expected to be covered
by the maintenance charge.
Dioceses are reminded that the General Synod agreed in 2011 to “limit
the pooling of maintenance costs for candidates to those candidates who
can be ordained by the time they are 50 years of age having completed
their normal training”. The new policy came into effect in September,
2012. Candidates above this age limit may still train at college and
continue to be eligible for the training grants from Central Church Funds;
any diocesan maintenance for ordinands in this category may, however,
not be included in the pooling arrangement.
Any enquiries about the guidelines should be addressed to Mark Hodge,
Grants Officer, Ministry Division, Church House, Great Smith Street,
London SW1P 3AZ (telephone 020 7898-1396 or e-mail:
mark.hodge@churchofengland.org)
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GUIDELINES ON THE SUPPORT OF MARRIED CANDIDATES –
SUMMARY
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The guidelines were first introduced in 1988 through the Report of the
Working Group on the Support of Married Candidates.
The pooling of diocesan expenditure on married candidates was introduced in
1990; extended to include diocesan expenditure on single candidates in 1998.
The guidelines are based on the use of a budget form showing estimated
family income and expenditure. The diocese is then expected to make a family
maintenance grant which bridges the shortfall between income and
expenditure.
BUDGETED EXPENDITURE
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Section 1 sets out the recommended guideline figures, which represent
reasonable standard expenditure for a married candidate and family. If Child
Benefit will be taken into account in the income side of the budget, the
expenditure figures in the second column should be used.
Accommodation costs will consist of rent or mortgage costs. Information
(from the Colleges) about the level of rents of College-owned property and in
the private sector is set out in Section 6. Accommodation costs (within the
pooling arrangement) should not exceed the recommended limits given in
Section 1.
Council Tax should be included in the budget as a separate item from
accommodation costs. Please note the reductions in Council Tax available to
students.
Removal costs to College are met by the diocese, in addition to the first year’s
annual budget.
The Life Assurance Scheme for married candidates is described in Section 10.
If a married candidate wishes to opt out of this scheme in order to continue a
current policy, the premium may be included up to £85 pa (in 2015/16).
For reference, Section 2 shows the current relation between the level of
married candidates’ support and a curate’s net remuneration.
Section 3 gives a sample family budget showing typical family expenditure
within the guidelines, divided between essential and desirable items.
In the case of a married candidate whose family does not move to College,
travel costs over and above the level of any Ministry Division travel
allowance should be included in the expenditure side of the budget.
BUDGETED INCOME
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The income side of the budget should include the grants made to candidates
from the Central Fund for Ministerial Training (Personal Allowance, Short
Vacation Allowance, Long Vacation Allowance) and TAP grant. (Dioceses
are asked to disregard any grants made from the TAP Special Hardship Fund).
College rebates will generally no longer be available to married students.
Where made in individual cases the student will need to inform the diocese.
The rebate should be taken into account as income in the budget.
Spouse’s income is included in the budget following the guidelines given in
Section 8.
Income from charities and trusts is included subject to the disregard described
in Section 9.
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Section 7 gives details of the State Benefits for which ordinands may be
eligible. Special attention should be given to application for Child Tax Credit
and Working Tax Credit. The Finance Panel now recommends that CTC and
WTC should be subject to a disregard separate from the disregard applied to
spouse’s income.
Dioceses may disregard £1,208 pa of any income from employment during the
vacations.
Please note that College maintenance fees should not be entered as income in
the budget.
LONE PARENTS
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Details of the assessment of grants to lone parents are set out in Section 11.
UNMARRIED CANDIDATES
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A separate budget form is provided for use with single candidates in College
training. The form takes account of the position of a single student, who is
generally resident in College during term-time and the board and lodging costs
during term-time covered by the College maintenance fees.
Section 12 sets out the information provided by the Colleges on levels of
accommodation charges for single students who remain in College during the
vacations.
Section 13 gives each College’s term dates and the varying dates and lengths
of College vacations.
POOLING ARRANGEMENT
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From September, 2013 the pooling arrangement has not included diocesan
expenditure in relation to the maintenance of candidates who will not be
ordained “by the time they are 50 years of age having completed their normal
training” (see note on p 3).
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The pooling of diocesan expenditure on the support of married candidates was
introduced, following General Synod’s approval, in 1990. In 1998 the
arrangement was extended to include diocesan expenditure on single students,
subject to a limit (currently £1,525 per head per annum). The pooling system
was subjected to a further change in 2010/11 – shifting from a system based
on the calendar year to one based on academic years. The way in which this
now works is that, in the Spring of each year, dioceses are asked to provide an
estimate of expenditure during the current academic year. The total cost is
then apportioned between the dioceses in accordance with the system of
apportionment for the Archbishops’ Council’s budget and taken into account
in assessing each diocese’s contribution to the budget in the following year.
Dioceses also provide details of actual costs in the previous year and the
difference between estimated and actual costs in that year are then also taken
into account. The pooling arrangement does mean that the costs faced by
dioceses in sponsoring candidates in full-time ordination training are fairly
shared between the dioceses.
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1. Recommended guideline figures for expenditure
2015/16
Child Benefit not
taken into
account as
income
Couple
First child
aged under 11
aged 11 & over
Further children
aged under 11
aged 11 & over
Child Benefit
taken into
account as
income
£
£
10,830
10,830
539
1,615
1,374
2,450
903
1,615
1,738
2,450
See Section 7 with regard to Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit,
which is paid on a means-tested basis in addition to Child Benefit.
Housing
The recommended limits of provision for housing in the various college
areas are as follows:
Mirfield, Queen’s College,
Birmingham, St John’s
Nottingham*
£10,050 Cranmer Hall, Trinity Bristol
Oak Hill, Ridley Hall,
Westcott House, Wycliffe
Hall, St Stephen’s House,
Cuddesdon
Married ordinands’ removal expenses to College are normally met by a
diocesan grant, in addition to the first year’s annual budget. These
expenses are eligible for inclusion in the national pooling arrangement.
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£10,875
£12,850
Council Tax
In addition to the above expenditure, provision should be made (where
necessary) for a household’s Council Tax. Because in all cases students
are exempt from the ‘personal’ element within the Council Tax, typically
the charge for the household of a married student will be reduced by 25%.
Please note, however, that a number of local authorities (e.g. Oxford,
Avon, Enfield, Hounslow) have agreed that, where a married student
lives in College-owned or College-managed accommodation, the
household should be completely exempt from Council Tax. Dioceses are
asked to be alert to this development and to either remove this item from
the initial family budget or be prepared to make an adjustment to the
budget at a later stage, when the exact levels of the charge are known.
2. Deacon’s Net Income 2015/16
(married with two children)
£
Basic stipend
23,250
Less Tax
2,230
National Insurance
1,643
Net
19.377
Plus Child Benefit (1 x £20.70 per week + 1 x £13.70 per week)
1,789
Total net income, available for expenditure (NB: house provided
additionally)
21,166
The recommended expenditure guideline for a family with two children
aged under 11 (£10,830 plus 2 x £1,615 – including Child Benefit, i.e.
£14,060) is £7,106 below the deacon’s net income of £21,166. (The
above excludes any potential income received from Child Tax Credit and
Working Tax Credit).
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3. Sample family budget 2015/16
Couple
Child aged
under 11
£
£
Couple + 2
children aged
under 11
£
‘Essential’ items
Food 1
3,156
535
4,226
Fuel, light and power 1
1,290
91
1,472
952
261
1,474
5,432
728
6,888
10,830
1,615
14,060
973
–
973
8,370
–
8,370
20,173
–
23,403
Clothing and footwear 1
‘Desirable’ items
2
Holiday, telephone, books,
travel (including car),
presents, TV, household,
entertainment, etc
Sub-total
Plus Council Tax (if
applicable) 3
Plus housing 3
TOTAL
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From Family Expenditure Survey and Expenditure & Food Survey.
National Insurance Contributions are no longer included as a separate
item in the sample budget, as most students will choose not to pay NICs
during training following the Pensions Act 2008 and reduction in the
number of qualifying years for the full basic State Pension to 30 years.
The sum included in the ‘Desirable items’ section of the budget has been
increased accordingly.
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See Section 1 re. Council Tax, and recommended limits of provision
for housing
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4. Allowances from Central Church Funds
2015/16
£
Personal Allowance
1,557
Short Vacation Allowance
436
Long Vacation Allowance (for continuing students re. 2016 Long
Vacation)
495
5. Family Maintenance Grants from the Church
Times Tap Fund (and equivalent grants) 2015/16
If in receipt of
LEA (government)
Award with
dependants allowance
£
If no LEA
(government)
Award
One Child
850
950
Two Children
900
1,000
Three or more Children
950
1,050
If No Children
355
355
Single Ordinands
355
355
£
NB The level of these grants in 2015/16 has remained unchanged from 2014/15. To
apply for a TAP grant a copy of the agreed budget should be forwarded – by the
diocese or by the candidate – to the Ministry Division.
LEA (government) Awards
Dioceses are asked to liaise with the Ministry Division where new students are
made an LEA (government) award. Following the re-introduction of government
maintenance awards, in principle the basic award should be taken into account in
the assessment of the Ministry Division grant; any additional grant made in the
government award (dependants allowance, childcare grant, adult dependants’
grant) taken into account in the assessment of the diocesan grant.
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6.
Rented accommodation (average costs) 2015/16
College
College-owned
accommodation
(rent plus
water rates)
Privately-rented
accommodation
(rent plus
water rates)
50%
£8,520 - £9,960
£9,600 - £12,000
Cuddesdon
100%
*£11,760 - £14,820
(inclusive of all
charges)
£12,600 - £16,800
(excl. charges)
Mirfield
90%
£9,500
£9,500
Oak Hill
45%
£9,060 - £12,360
£10,700 - £17,300
Queen’s
36%
£5,600 - £8,100
£8,200 - £12,200
Ridley Hall
10%
£9,800 - £13,800
£10,350 - £16,000
St John’s Nottingham
N/A
N/A
£8,760 - £14,160
St Stephen’s House
100%
*£9,864 - £15,000
£16,000
Trinity, Bristol
80%
£8,800 - £12,800
£9,500 - £16,000
Westcott House
30%
£9,840 - £11,460
£9,750 - £14,500
Wycliffe Hall
50%
£8,400 - £16,800
£10,800 - £18,000
Cranmer
% of married
students in
college-owned
accommodation
* Note As the rental costs of College accommodation at Ripon College, Cuddesdon
now include gas and electricity, this needs to be taken into account in the budget. See
average costs on fuel, light and power given in the sample family budget in Section 3.
For St Stephen’s House, gas central heating costs are now included in the above
College figures, but not electricity.
It should be noted that, in cases where colleges charge a deposit for family
accommodation, this should not be included in the diocese’s expenditure in the
pooling arrangement and therefore also not taken into account in relation to the
recommended accommodation maximum limits.
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7. State benefits
The overall DSS benefits advice line has unfortunately ceased. Advice
and information may be obtained from Social Security Offices (listed
under ‘Benefits Agency’ or ‘Social Security’ in the telephone book), or
the Government website (www.gov.uk).
Income Support & Job Seeker's Allowance
In general, students are not eligible to claim Income Support or
Jobseeker’s Allowance for themselves or their dependants. However,
where a student:
i.
has a partner who is also a student he/she can claim Income Support
during the long vacation if available for work;
ii.
is a lone parent he/she may claim Income Support during the year if
any of his/her children are under 16;
iii. is disabled and qualifies for the Disability Premium he/she may
claim Income Support during the year.
The long vacation allowance was introduced in order to compensate for
students’ general loss of eligibility for these benefits during the long
vacation. The allowance is paid from the Central Fund for Ministerial
Training to each married and single student continuing on to a second or
third year in training. The level of allowance for the 2015 long vacation is
£488, and will increase to £495 for the 2016 long vacation. Dioceses
should ensure that this sum is entered as income in the budgets of married
candidates.
Candidates’ partners who register for employment are still eligible to
claim Income Support, and possibly additional Jobseeker’s Allowance,
throughout the year, although couples with savings over £16,000 are
completely ineligible for Income Support (and there is a sliding scale of
reductions in Income Support for those with savings over £6,000). It is
recommended that partners do submit a claim where appropriate for, even
if no benefit is paid, Class 3 National Insurance Contributions may be
met.
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Child Tax Credit
Child Tax Credit was first introduced in April 2003. Married students
with children (under 16 or under 19 if still at school) should be expected
to apply for this benefit. Unlike Child Benefit, it is means-tested – but
the means test, even following the recent cuts, is still not ungenerous. It is
paid (by the Inland Revenue) direct to "the person who is mainly
responsible for caring for the children in the family". It is paid in
addition to Child Benefit. Despite the name it does not require one
partner to be working and paying tax.
Applicants
may
check
their
eligibility
online
at
www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits or www.gov.uk/taxcredits. A claim pack
should then be ordered from the Tax Credits helpline – 0345 300 3900. It
has until recently been possible to apply online, but this facility is no
longer available.
An amendment was made in 2006 in the recommended treatment of Child
Tax Credit (and Working Tax Credit) in the family budget, now subject
to a disregard separate to the disregard applied to spouse’s income.
Dioceses are asked to disregard the first £2,415 of income from CTC and
WTC together, then take into account 3/4 beyond this threshold in the
budget.
Working Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit, also introduced in April 2003, replaced Working
Families Tax Credit (which in turn replaced Family Credit). This may be
applicable where one partner works more than 24 hours a week (recently
increased from 16 hours per week) and there are sizeable childcare costs
to be met. But couples without children are able to apply.
The contact details for applications are the same as those for Child Tax
Credit above.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction
Although students are no longer able to apply for Housing Benefit to help
with rent, the partners of students may still apply to their local council for
Housing Benefit and also Council Tax Reduction. In this case, a couple’s
savings may not exceed £16,000 (sliding scale from £6,000) in order to
be considered eligible. If the family live in accommodation rented from
the college, then Housing Benefit may be paid for the summer vacation
only. If the family live in privately-rented accommodation, then Housing
Benefit may be paid for the whole year.
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Child Benefit
Child Benefit is available to all members of the population with children
aged under 16 (or under 19 if still at school) and income below £50,000
pa. The level of benefit (no longer frozen) is now £20.70 per week for the
first child and £13.70 per week for each subsequent child.
Free NHS prescriptions, dental and optical treatment
Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Working Tax Credit all
carry the right to free NHS prescriptions and NHS dental and optical
treatment, but it is recommended that candidates apply for reduction of
charges (form HC1) whether in receipt of state benefits or not. There is a
Healthcost advice line – Tel 0845 850 1166.
8. Partner’s income
Please note the inflationary adjustment made in the recommended method
for determining the level of contribution of a candidate’s spouse towards
the budget. In the forthcoming academic year, “The candidate’s spouse
should make an estimate of anticipated net wages (i.e. less Income Tax,
National Insurance contributions and any necessary expenses involved
with the employment) and then be asked to contribute 3/4 beyond the first
£2,415 towards the budget”. Where necessary child care costs are faced,
these have generally been able to be reckoned as “necessary expenses
involved with the employment”.
It is recommended that income from Child Tax Credit and Working
Tax Credit should be now be subject to a separate disregard, also of
£2,415 (Section 8).
Dioceses are reminded of the agreement reached by the House of Bishops
concerning the availability of candidates’ spouses for work:
“It is expected that the spouses of married candidates in
training without dependent children should continue to seek
employment in so far as they are able to do so. If it is proposed
that this expectation should be relaxed in any individual case,
the diocesan bishop should be involved in the decision.”
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9. Income from charities and donations
The recommended level of disregard of income from charities and
donations (other than the Church Times TAP Fund and equivalent family
maintenance grants from the Archbishops’ Ordination Funds) has been
increased from £505 to £515 with reference to the forthcoming academic
year.
10. Life Assurance Scheme for all married candidates
All dioceses participate in the Life Assurance Scheme for married
candidates. This was initially provided through the EIG, then switched in
recent years to Engage Mutual and transferred again in 2013/14 to
MetLife, the current provider. The scheme’s terms of reference now also
include civil partnerships. The level of cover provided in the forthcoming
academic year will be £96,290 per candidate with an additional £24,260
for each dependent child. (Levels of cover have not changed from
2014/15). The premium in 2015/16 will be £85 per candidate.
The Ministry Division will continue to provide the insurer at the
beginning of each academic year with details of the numbers, ages,
children and sponsoring dioceses of all married candidates in full-time
training. The premiums are now met initially by the Ministry Division,
then later reclaimed from the dioceses through pooling.
Please note that the Finance Panel recommends that, where candidates in
training wish to continue any previously-held insurance policy, then the
costs involved, over and above the level of the standard premium, should
in these cases be met from the candidate’s own resources. Dioceses are
asked to notify the Ministry Division Grants Officer, before the beginning
of the autumn term each year, of any married candidates who they do not
wish to be included within the scheme. This information will then be
relayed by the Ministry Division to the insurer and taken into account in
its calculation of the premium.
It is possible for cover to be provided for lone parents in training within
the Life Assurance Scheme. Dioceses are asked to notify the Grants
Officer of candidates in this category who are to be included.
(Dioceses will be aware that the terms of reference of the scheme now
include the option of providing cover for any married candidate (or lone
parent or civil partner) to be ordained to a stipendiary title who is training
on a Regional Course, for a period of 3 months before the date of
ordination. In the autumn, dioceses will be e-mailed a form containing
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details of the diocese’s married candidates who, according to the Ministry
Division’s records, are training on Courses and due to be ordained in
2016. DDOs are asked to return the form to the Ministry Division,
indicating the candidates to be included in the scheme).
11. Support of lone parents
The Ministry Division’s Finance Panel has recommended the following
guideline for use in cases where the diocese makes a family maintenance
grant for the support of lone parents in full-time training. The level of
reasonable standard expenditure should be calculated as the total of:
i.
accommodation costs, up to the maximum levels given for married
candidates (Section 1);
ii.
the normal recommended expenditure figure for children, as given
for married candidates (Section 1);
iii. one half of the normal recommended expenditure figure for a
couple, as given for married candidates (Section 1 – £5,415 in
2015/16);
iv. plus special allowance of £1,545.
The income side of the budget should include in the assessment of
income any maintenance payments made to the family, including state
benefits. Where a lone parent faces significant child care costs,
consideration might be given to the possible disregard of any Child Tax
Credit and Working Tax Credit above £2,415 to contribute towards these
costs. Dioceses are asked to contact the Grants Officer if making a grant
assessment along these lines.
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12. College accommodation charges
students during vacations 2015/16
for
Cranmer
£23 per night, room only. All year £1,059
Cuddesdon
£105 per week (applies to all vacations)
Mirfield
£10 per night
Oak Hill
£14 per night
Queen’s
No charge
Ridley Hall
£13.00 per night (Sept–June)
single
£22.50 per night (July-Aug)
St John’s, Nottingham
St Stephen’s House
Students in one bedroomed flats pay vacation rent of £113 per
week; single student accommodation - £71.50 per week en suite,
£59.50 per week non en suite
£125 per week
Trinity
£14 per day; all year £1,045
Westcott House
Christmas = £14.75 per night; Easter = £14.75 per night;
Summer = £19.25 per night
Wycliffe Hall
£100 per week
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Term
Spring Term
Summer
Term
Long Vacation*
Autumn
Easter Vacation*
College
Christmas Vacation*
13. College term dates 2015/16
12/10
18/12
4 2/7
17/01
18/03
5 2/7
24/04
10/06
17 5/7
Mirfield (1)
21/09
18/12
5 3/7
25/01
27/03
2 1/7
11/04
03/06
15 5/7
Oak Hill
07/09
20/12
2 1/7
04/01
20/03
3 1/7
11/04
01/07
9 4/7
Queen’s
28/09
15/12
3 6/7
11/01
23/03
3 5/7
18/04
06/07
12
27/09
11/12
3 3/7
04/01
18/03
4 3/7
18/04
17/06
14 4/7
Ripon College 21/09
04/12
4 3/7
04/01
11/03
5 3/7
18/04
10/06
14 5/7
21/09
14/12
3
03/01
22/03
2 6/7
11/04
13/06
14 2/7
03/10
11/12
4 3/7
11/01
18/03
4 3/7
18/04
24/06
14 3/7
14/09
18/12
2 3/7
04/01
19/03
3 2/7
11/04
10/06
13 5/7
27/09
11/12
3 3/7
04/01
18/03
4 3/7
18/04
16/06
14 5/7
04/10
12/12
4 2/7
11/01
11/03
5 5/7
20/04
18/06
15 3/7
Cranmer
Hall, Durham
College
Ridley Hall
Cuddesdon
St John’s
Nottingham
St Stephen’s
House
Trinity
College,
Bristol
Westcott
House
Wycliffe Hall
*In weeks
(1) NB There is also a pre-Holy Week break at Mirfield 14th -18th March
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14. Questions and Answers re funding arrangements for Colleges for
tuition and maintenance costs
Question
TUITION COSTS
Are individual tuition fees now paid for
ordinands?
Answer
The block grant system for the payment of tuition
costs has now been phased out and, from
September 2013, tuition costs have been met
entirely on a standard fee per student basis. The
level of fee per student (fte) in 2015/16 is £8,266
pa.
Following review by the House of Bishops the
restriction of the Bishops’ Agreed Maximum was
abolished with effect from September 2013.
What happens if a College goes over its Bishops’
Agreed Maximum (BAM)?
MAINTENANCE COSTS
How are the board and lodgings costs for
ordinands paid?
The College maintenance fees are now paid
(from September 2013) direct to the College. The
Colleges also now receive at the beginning of
each term the personal grants to be passed on to
students. There are two rates of College
maintenance fees, one rate for those resident in
the college (£5,151 pa)and a lower rate for non
residents (£3,111 pa).
Resident ordinands should receive a study
bedroom and all meals during term time,
including half-term.
Non-resident ordinands should be provided with
study space and meals to meet the residence
requirements of the college.
Yes, this information will be included in the
ordinand’s grant statement.
No, living outside of college accommodation
requires the consent of the college principal and
the sponsoring diocese. In any event, if ordinands
live outside of college only the lower rate of
maintenance will be paid.
The additional costs of accommodation are met
by the sponsoring diocese in accordance with the
published guidelines.
Rebates will be due where a college fails to
provide the services expected within the
maintenance fees; for example, if a college does
not provide full meals at weekends or during halfterm.
What do the maintenance fees cover?
Will ordinands be told the amount being paid to
the college?
Can unmarried ordinands choose whether to live
in college or in outside accommodation?
Who pays the cost of renting premises outside of
college?
Do rebates have to be paid to ordinands?
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15. Comparison of training costs
The Archbishops’ Council’s budget for 2016 contains the following information about
the budgeted average annual cost per ordinand to Vote 1 of the three main types of
training in 2015/16:
Course (£)
Tuition fees
University fees
Maintenance fees and student
allowances
Total
5,736
271
746
Non-residential
context-based
(£)
6,883
686
2,215
6,753
9,784
Residential (£)
8,266
1,5261
6,5572
16,349
It should be noted that the figures in the above table are based on averages and
standard payments by the Ministry Division across the entire cohort of ordinands. The
funding made available to or on behalf of any individual ordinand may vary from
these figures depending on personal circumstances, although tuition fees are fixed.
The length of full-time residential college training may be 2 or 3 years – the average
being 2.5 years. Thus the average total training costs to Vote 1 of college-based
students is £40,872 based on current costs. An additional average sum of £12,600 per
annum3 is paid by sponsoring dioceses in poolable Additional Maintenance Grants for
married ordinands in college training. An additional average sum of £1,400 per
annum4 is payable by sponsoring dioceses in poolable Additional Maintenance Grants
for single ordinands in college training.
In comparison, the average length of non-residential context-based (mixed-mode)
training is 2.7 years, and the average total training cost borne by Vote 1 is therefore
£26,417. The diocesan Additional Maintenance Grants are lower than in full-time
residential college training, but the comparison here is complex in view of the parish
contributions made to the stipend and accommodation costs.
The average length of regional course training is currently 2.7 years; the average total
training costs borne by Vote 1 is £18,233.
1
This figure includes fees for recognised high-cost pathways, which may be up to £4,500 per ordinand
per year
2
This is a composite figure - single and married ordinands receive maintenance fee grants at
differential rates
3
£12,600 represents the estimated average paid by dioceses by way of additional maintenance grants
for married ordinands in respect of the 2014/15 academic year
4
£1,400 represents the average paid by dioceses by way of additional maintenance grants for single
ordinands in respect of the 2014/15 academic year
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