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Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 December 2009. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Thursday, 7 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


Students

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students in higher education have received payments in respect of (a) tuition fee loans, (b) maintenance loans, (c) grants for living costs, (d) bursaries and scholarships and (e) extra help for students with children or adult dependants in (i) Vale of York constituency, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) England in each of the last three years; and what the monetary value was of each such type of payment in each area in each such year.
Answer

The information requested is in the following tables.

Student support North Yorkshire¹ academic year 2006/07 to 2008/09
Students Value (£)
2006/07
Tuition Fee Loan 6,950 11,905,000
Maintenance Loan 9,330 35,369,000
Adult Dependant Grant 40 92,000
Childcare 50 105,000
Maintenance and other grants² 12,220 8,360,000
2007/08
Tuition Fee Loan 8,020 17,955,000
Maintenance Loan 9,470 36,662,000
Adult Dependant Grant 50 100,000
Childcare 50 118,000
Maintenance and other grants² 13,190 9,799,000
2008/09
Tuition Fee Loan 8,960 23,958,000
Maintenance Loan 9,780 39,196,000
Adult Dependant Grant 60 134,000
Childcare 70 208,000
Maintenance and other grants 14,500 11,779,000
¹ Student numbers rounded to nearest 10, value of support rounded to nearest £1,000.
² Includes Maintenance Grant, Higher Education Grant, Special Support Grant, Parental Learning Allowance, Travel Grant and Disabled Student Allowance.
Source:
Student Loans Company
Student support¹ England academic years 2006/07 to 2008/09
Students (thousand) Value (£ million)
2006/07
Tuition Fee Loan 397.3 807.7
Maintenance Loan 728.1 2,613.4
Adult Dependant Grant 6.4 14.1
Childcare 8.3 27.1
Grants for Maintenance² 320.9 471.2
2007/08
Tuition Fee Loan 553.5 1,388.6
Maintenance Loan 746.2 2,630.7
Adult Dependant Grant 6.9 15.6
Childcare 9.6 31.2
Grants for Maintenance² 395.2 713.2
2008/09
Tuition Fee Loan 696.9 1,981.1
Maintenance Loan 771.5 2,717.0
Adult Dependant Grant 7.8 18.0
Childcare 9.8 36.1
Grants for Maintenance² 495.7 1,025.0
¹ Student numbers rounded to nearest 1,000, value of support rounded to nearest £ million.
² Maintenance Grant and Higher Education Grant.
Source:
Student Loans Company

The information requested on bursaries and scholarships is not available centrally as they are the responsibility of Higher Education Institutions. Reliable information is not available at constituency level. Complete information for the current academic year 2009/10 is not yet available, and will be available in late 2010 when a Statistical First Release on Student Support will be published on the Student Loans Company website.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c586-7W; 307414
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Finance Students
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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