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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of young people in (a) Penrith and The Border constituency, (b) Cumbria, (c) the North West and (d) England received education maintenance allowance in each year since the scheme's inception; and how many received (i) £30, (ii) £20...

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Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Learning and Skills Council for England

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

23 February 2007

For answer on

27 February 2007

Answered on

19 March 2007

This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council, who operate education maintenance allowance (EMA) for the DfES and hold the information about take-up and payments made under the scheme. Mark Haysom, the council's chief executive, has written to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 12 March 2007:"I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question 124005 that asked: "What percentage of young people in (a) Penrith and The Border constituency, (b) Cumbria, (c) the North West and (d) England received education maintenance allowance in each year since the scheme's inception; and how many received (i) £30, (ii) £20 and (iii) £10 a week in each case in each year."""Information on the number of young people who have applied, enrolled and received Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is available at Local Authority Level, but not at constituency level. EMA take-up is defined as young people who have received one or more EMA payments in the academic year.""The following tables show EMA take-up data split by payment band for Cumbria Local Authority area, the North West and England during each academic year since the scheme's inception."

Take-up of EMA in each academic year
	Band
	£30	£20	£10	Total
2004/05
Cumbria	1,666	226	268	2,160
North West	42,295	4,340	4,379	51,014
England	242,262	27,398	27,599	297,259

2005/06
Cumbria	2,985	405	358	3,748
North West	58,732	5,771	4,363	68,866
England	359,213	39,824	30,590	429,627

2006/07¹
Cumbria	3,505	500	471	4,476
North West	66,975	7,391	6,386	80,752
England	409,303	50,170	44,268	503,741
¹ To end February.

"In the first year of national roll-out, EMA was available to all 16-years-old across England and to 17 and 18-year-olds in former pilot areas. (Young people aged 19 were entitled to receive EMA in certain circumstances.) In 2005/06 EMA roll-out continued and EMA was available to all 16 and 17-year-olds nationally. In 2006/07 EMA is available to all 16, 17 and 18-year-olds nationally. In calculating the percentage of young people receiving EMA only take-up and population figures for age groups where EMA was available nationally have been used.""The following table shows the percentage of young people receiving EMA in Cumbria Local Authority area, the North West and England during each academic year since national roll-out."

Percentage of population receiving EMA in each academic year
	2004/05¹‘	2005/06²	2006/07³, 4
Cumbria	32	27	23
North West	46	42	36
England	33	30	25
¹16-year-olds only ² 16 and 17-year-olds. ³ 16, 17 and 18-year-olds. 4 To end January.

"I hope this information is useful and addresses your question."

Date

19 March 2007

Reference

124005; 458 c683-4W

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