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Education Maintenance Allowance

Answer

This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council, who operate education maintenance allowances for the DfES and hold the information about take-up of the scheme. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive has written to the hon. Lady with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 25 April 2006:"I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question that asked ““what the budget was for education maintenance allowance payments in West Lancashire in 2005-06; and what proportion of post-16 students are in receipt of the allowance.””""The full EMA budget for financial year 2005-06 was £425 million. EMA is a national scheme and there are no regional budget allocations. All young people who meet the criteria are eligible to receive EMA.""By the end of March 2006, 416,184 young people nationally had received one or more EMA payment in the academic year 2005/06. Information on the number of young people who have applied, enrolled and received EMA is available at local education authority (LEA) level, but not at constituency level. In the Lancashire LEA area 10,250 young people applied, enrolled and received EMA.""For the academic year 2005-06, we estimate that around 55 per cent. of students will be eligible for EMA on income grounds."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

64120; 446 c1366-7W;446 c1367-8W

Session

2005-06

Related items

Deposited Paper HINF 2006/1210
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Subjects

Education maintenance allowance

Link

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