Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 14 October 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of those in (a) full-time and (b) part-time education aged (i) 16, (ii) 17 year and (iii) 18 years claimed education maintenance allowance in each year since its introduction.
The percentages of people studying in full-time education and who received EMA since the scheme was nationally rolled out in 2004 are shown in the following table. The information on the percentage of those in part-time education aged (i) 16 (ii) 17 and (iii) 18-years-old claimed educational maintenance allowance in each year since its introduction is not available as the information held is not broken down in this way.
Table 1: Percentage of people studying in full-time( 1) education who received EMA | |||
2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
16-year-olds | 45.0 | 45.4 | 46.4 |
17-year-olds | 15.7 | 42.3 | 44.3 |
18-year-olds | 18.2 | 21.6 | 51.9 |
(1) Estimated percentage is likely to include EMA recipients who are studying on courses of less than 450 guided learning hours per year, which is the definition used for full-time full year courses. Notes: 1. EMA is only available for people studying on courses of at least 12 guided learning hours a week. This is the only management information known about course length of EMA recipients, therefore it not possible to split figures into full and part-time. 2. Information is only available since national rollout in 2004-05. 3. Breakdown for 2007-08 is not available at present. 4. Figures are for England only. |
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