1. VECs also administered maintenance grants and bursaries for third-level education until 2012. 2. However, this decision was reversed after the government decided to abolish maintenance grants . 3. The judgment did not concern maintenance grants from the government. 4. That same year, the coverage of maintenance grants was extended. 5. The scheme funds part of the Cadet s tuition fees along with a maintenance grant . 6. These loans are scheduled to increase in size for 2016-17, when the maintenance grant system is phased out. 7. The Kent Education Committee funded free dinners for some pupils, travel and maintenance grants and created a common entrance exam. 8. Wales introduced maintenance grants of up to ?, 500 in 2002, a value which has since risen to over ?000. 9. What proved the undoing of this cabinet " wet " was a promise of Maintenance Grant funding to local education. 10. Maintenance grants are also available to current students in England, although these are scheduled to cease with the 2016-17 academic year.