Written question asked by Andrew Dismore (Labour) on Monday, 6 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 December 2004. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Thursday, 9 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many extra 16-18 year olds he expects to stay in education in Hendon as a result of the education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many extra 16 to 18-year-olds he expects to stay in education in Hendon as a result of the education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement. [203596] Mr. Ivan Lewis: Since the start of the academic year, as of 31 October 2004, 544 young people in the Barnet local authority area have received payments under the national EMA scheme. The number is increasing at a steady rate and we expect it to continue to do so. In 2004/05 across England we expect the number of 16 to 18-year-olds participating in education to increase by 35,000 (3.8 percentage points) as a direct result of EMA. By 2006/07, when EMA is available to all eligible 16 to 18-year-olds, an additional 72,000 young people will be in further education. If the same participation increase is applied to the London region an additional 9,700 16 to18-year-olds will be participating in further education by 2006/07. Estimates are not available at local authority level.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 203596; 428 c769W;428 c768-9W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Finance Further education Education maintenance allowance Students Hendon
Contains statistics: Yes
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