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Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 June 2015. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 June 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Education Maintenance Allowance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the allocation of the education maintenance allowance on participation rates in post-16 education.

Answer

The final report of the quantitative evaluation of the Education Maintenance Allowance pilots was published in 2005. It contains an assessment of the impact of the allowance on participation and attainment and is available at: http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/5734/1/RR678.pdf

The Education Maintenance Allowance was abolished and replaced by the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund in the 2011/12 academic year


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
971
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Education maintenance allowance
Link
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