This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council, who operate the 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 my hon. Friend with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.
Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 28 March 2007:
I am writing in response to your recent Parliamentary Question that asked; “How many young people have been in receipt of educational maintenance allowance (EMA) in each London local authority since its introduction; and how many were in receipt of an EMA in 2005-06.”
EMA take-up is defined as young people who have received one or more EMA payments in the academic year.
National EMA was phased in over time to successive 16 year old age groups. 2004/05 was the first year of National EMA and therefore we can only give data for 16 year olds in that year.
The attached tables show EMA take-up data for each London Local Authority area during each academic year since the scheme’s inception.
I hope you find this information useful.
Area type Area name 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 to end February 2007 National England 297,259 429,627 503,741 Region London 50,896 70,480 79,303 LSC London, Central 11,171 14,043 1,528 LA Camden 1,550 1,749 1,886 LA Islington 1,682 1,976 2,090 LA Kensington and Chelsea 325 691 849 LA Lambeth 2,791 3,406 3,666 LA Southwark 2,647 3,138 3,469 LA Wandsworth 1,607 1,948 2,103 LA Westminster 569 1,135 1,465 LSC London, East 18,871 24,229 26,335 LA City of London 18 64 70 LA Greenwich 2,161 2,479 2,672 LA Hackney 2,841 3,262 3,444 LA Lewisham 2,575 2,945 3,201 LA Tower Hamlets 3,265 3,626 3,748 LA Barking and Dagenham 1,408 1,917 2,196 LA Bexley 834 1,552 1,826 LA Havering 821 1,498 1,641 LA Newham 3,774 4,601 4,823 LA Redbridge 1,174 2,285 2,714 LSC London, North 7,292 10,622 12,192 LA Barnet 1,044 2,198 2,667 LA Enfield 1,337 2,639 3,338 LA Haringey 2,508 2,984 3,243 LA Waltham Forest 2,403 2,801 2,944 LSC London, South 4,253 8,332 10,235 LA Bromley 936 1,698 1,983 LA Croydon 1,375 2,874 3,646 LA Kingston-Upon-Thames 370 706 867 LA Merton 613 1,261 1,617 LA Richmond-Upon-Thames 359 683 790 LA Sutton 600 1,110 1,332 LSC London, West 9,309 13,254 15,013 LA Hammersmith and Fulham 1,247 1,429 1,524 LA Brent 2,744 3,349 3,577 LA Ealing 2,682 3,158 3,273 LA Harrow 849 1,785 2,213 LA Hillingdon 883 1,695 2,123 LA Hounslow 904 1,838 2,303