(2) what percentage of applications for an education maintenance allowance have been successful in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government office region; and if he will make a statement;
(3) what percentage of 16 to 19 year olds in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have received the (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement;
(4) how many people in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have applied for an education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement;
(5) what percentage of 16 to 19 year olds in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have applied for an education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement;
(6) how many people in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have received the (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement.
These are all matters for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), who operate the education maintenance allowance (EMA) for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and hold the information about take-up and payments under the scheme. Mark Haysom, the Council’s Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Gentleman with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.
Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 22 November 2007:
I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Questions that asked:
1. What the cost of the education maintenance allowance has been in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region since its introduction.
2. What percentage of applications for an education maintenance allowance have been successful in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government office region.
3. What percentage of 16 to 19 year olds in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have received the (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 education maintenance allowance.
4. How many people in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have applied for an education maintenance allowance.
5. What percentage of 16 to 19 year olds in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have applied for an education maintenance allowance.
6. How many people in each (a) London constituency, (b) London borough and (c) Government region have received the (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 education maintenance allowance.
Information on the number of young people who have applied, enrolled and received Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is available at national and 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.
We do not hold population data for 19 year olds so the figures shown in the tables below are based on 16-18 year old data.
Information on cost is only available at a national level. EMA payments to learners during academic year 2006/2007 totalled £483 million.
The following tables show the information requested which relates to EMA applications for London LSC area, London Local Authority area and LSC Regions during the academic year 2006/07.
Number of young people who applied for an EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who applied for EMA Percentage of applications received that were successful England 569,066 28.4 97.6 East Midlands 48,343 27.7 97.6 East of England 51,549 24.0 97.5 London 90,870 33.7 97.8 North East 34,628 33.8 97.4 North West 90,436 31.9 97.8 South East 68,986 21.2 97.5 South West 52,526 26.1 98.4 West Midlands 69,713 31.6 97.5 Yorkshire and the Humber 62,015 29.7 97.6
Number of young people who applied for an EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who applied for EMA Percentage of applications received that were successful (NOE’s issued) London Central 17,554 36.3 98.1 Camden 2,115 30.2 98.4 Islington 2,435 42.7 98.0 Kensington and Chelsea 978 18.1 98.3 Lambeth 4,077 49.1 97.8 Southwark 3,915 46.6 98.3 Wandsworth 2,378 36.0 97.6 City of Westminster 1,656 23.7 98.4 London East 30,080 37.9 97.8 City of London 80 1— 93.8 Greenwich 3,087 35.9 97.1 Hackney 3,887 49.8 98.4 Lewisham 3,634 41.3 97.7 Tower Hamlets 4,222 53.4 98.8 Barking and Dagenham 2,505 37.4 97.6 Bexley 2,069 22.5 97.2 Havering 1,918 21.3 97.1 Newham 5,543 49.5 98.0 Redbridge 3,135 31.0 97.6 London North 14,072 36.2 97.7 Barnet 3,137 26.6 97.5 Enfield 3,870 35.5 97.4 Haringey 3,716 47.0 98.1 Waltham Forest 3,349 40.3 97.7 London South 11,806 23.8 97.8 Bromley 2,273 20.3 98.5 Croydon 4,230 31.1 97.6 Kingston upon Thames 989 17.4 97.6 Merton 1,898 29.7 97.2 Richmond upon Thames 891 15.4 98.4 Sutton 1,525 21.8 98.2 London West 17,358 32.4 97.5 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,777 34.8 97.7 Brent 4,131 40.9 97.7 Ealing 3,767 35.2 97.4 Harrow 2,527 26.9 97.3 Hillingdon 2,464 23.9 97.4 Hounslow 2,692 33.7 97.2 1 No population data.
The following table shows the information requested which relates to EMA take-up for London LSC area, London Local Authority area and LSC Regions during the academic year 2006/07.
Number of learners who received the £30 EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who received the £30 EMA Number of learners who received the £20 EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who received the £20 EMA Number of learners who received the £10 EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who received the £10 EMA England 423,839 21.2 51,195 2.6 45,249 2.3 East Midlands 34,936 20.01 4,957 2.8 4,428 2.5 East of England 37,121 17.31 5,320 2.5 4,766 2.2 London 71,869 26.63 6,006 2.2 4,522 1.7 North East 26,044 25.43 2,976 2.9 2,676 2.6 North West 68,985 24.34 7,485 2.6 6,502 2.3 South East 49,885 15.31 7,051 2.2 6,224 1.9 South West 37,678 18.75 5,489 2.7 5,131 2.6 West Midlands 51,370 23.27 6,411 2.9 5,747 2.6 Yorkshire and the Humber 45,951 21.99 5,500 2.6 5,253 2.5
Number of learners who received the £30 EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who received the £30 EMA Number of learners who received the £20 EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who received the £20 EMA Number of learners who received the £10 EMA Percentage of the 16 to 18-year-old population who received the £10 EMA London Central 14,519 30.0 957 2.0 590 1.2 Camden 1,818 26.0 94 1.3 43 0.6 Islington 2,016 35.4 104 1.8 76 1.3 Kensington and Chelsea 814 15.1 42 0.8 35 0.6 Lambeth 3,359 40.5 262 3.2 131 1.6 Southwark 3,206 38.2 225 2.7 153 1.8 Wandsworth 1,917 29.0 148 2.2 103 1.6 City of Westminster 1,389 19.8 82 1.2 49 0.7 London East 24,112 28.4 1,748 2.2 1,449 1.8 City of London 63 1— 2 1— 3 1— Greenwich 2,408 28.0 202 2.3 155 1.8 Hackney 3,260 41.8 171 2.2 108 14 Lewisham 2,823 14.4 258 2.9 228 2.6 Tower Hamlets 3,768 47.7 66 0.8 49 0.6 Barking and Dagenham 1,961 29.3 187 2.8 121 1.8 Bexley 1,485 16.1 210 2.3 193 2.1 Havering 1,353 15.0 179 2.0 190 2.1 Newham 4,558 40.7 264 2.4 202 1.8 Redbridge 2,433 24.1 209 2.1 200 2.0 London North 11,048 28.4 934 2.4 685 1.8 Barnet 2,423 20.5 217 1.8 176 1.5 Enfield 2,965 27.2 286 2.6 226 2.1 Haringey 3,037 38.4 202 2.6 110 1.4 Waltham Forest 2,623 31.6 229 2.8 173 2.1 London South 8,750 17.6 1,074 2.2 850 1.7 Bromley 1,661 14.8 217 1.9 176 1.6 Croydon 3,200 23.5 341 2.5 274 2.0 Kingston upon Thames 720 12.6 91 1.6 91 1.6 Merton 1,373 21.5 183 2.9 135 2.1 Richmond upon Thames 687 11.8 79 1.4 57 1.0 Sutton 1,109 15.8 163 2.3 117 1.7 London West 13,440 25.1 1,293 2.4 948 1.8 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,441 28.3 97 1.9 74 1.5 Brent 3,250 32.2 282 2.8 192 1.9 Ealing 2,973 27.8 260 2.4 188 1.8 Harrow 1,897 20.2 225 2.4 174 1.9 Hillingdon 1,852 18.0 217 2.1 145 1.4 Hounslow 2,027 25.3 212 2.7 175 2.2 1 No population data.
EMA take-up data showing the number of young people who have received one or more EMA payments during 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and to date in 2007/08 is now also available on the LSC website, at the following address:
http://www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/Data/statistics/learner/EMA_take_up.htm
(2) what the administrative costs of the education maintenance allowance scheme were in each year since 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
These are matters for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), who operate the education maintenance allowance (EMA) for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Mark Haysom, the LSC's chief executive, will write to the hon. Lady and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.
Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 22 November 2007:
I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Questions that asked:
1. How much expenditure on educational maintenance allowance (EMA) has been provided to people in each local education authority in each year since the inception of the allowance; how many people of each (a) sex and (b) ethnic group have received EMA in each academic year since its inception; how many of those in receipt of EMA in each academic year went on to (i) study and (ii) complete a course at university; and what assessment has been made of those figures.
2. What the administrative costs of the educational maintenance allowance scheme have been in each year since 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
Information relating to costs of EMA are only available at a national level. The following table shows the expenditure on EMA payments to learners by financial year since inception.
EMA student payment costs (£) 1999-2000 10,560,000.00 2000-01 49,920,000.00 2001-02 104,600,000,00 2002-03 115,200,000,00 2003-04 136,300,000,00 2004-05 217,300,000.00 2005-06 363,100,000.00 2006-07 457,100,000.00
The following table shows the information requested which relates to the administration costs of EMA by financial year:
EMA admin costs (£ million) 1999-2000 0.44 2000-01 2.08 2001-02 4.4 2002-03 4.8 2003-04 5.7 2004-05 42.7 2005-06 43.5 2006-07 45.8
Information on the number of young people who have received EMA payments each academic year is provided below, split by Gender and Ethnicity. This information is collected as part of the application process for EMA and is non-mandatory. The No Information Provided rows below detail where this section was left incomplete.
Gender 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 Male 125,516 187,912 244,345 Female 144,764 218,215 270,178 No information provided 27,287 24,202 13,873 Total 297,567 430,329 528,396
Ethnicity 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 Asian or Asian British Bangladeshi 7,840 8,065 9,893 Indian 10,983 12,370 14,282 Pakistani 15,137 18,916 21,760 Any other Asian background 3,602 4,301 5,596 Black or Black British African 9,820 12,967 16,626 Caribbean 7,175 8,842 10,747 Any other black background 1,260 1,558 1,786 Chinese Chinese 2,755 3,336 3,878 Mixed White and Asian 1,792 2,581 3,155 White and Black African 1,028 1,341 1,631 White and Black Caribbean 4,652 5,839 7,934 Any other mixed background 2,720 3,672 4,452 White British 200,808 301,158 387,672 Irish 1,402 849 1,027 Any other white background 4,074 5,267 6,390 No information provided 22,519 39,267 31,567 Total 297,567 430,329 528,396
The first cohort of learners to be eligible to receive EMA following national roll-out will have recently progressed into higher education. The LSC is working with UCAS and HESA to analyse those learners who have progressed to higher education courses after completing further education with support from EMA. We are planning that the results of this work to be available in Summer 2008.
This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), who operate the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and hold the information about take-up and payments made under the scheme. Mark Haysom, the LSC's Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Lady with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.
Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 28 November 2007:
I am writing in response to your recent Parliamentary Question that asked; how many young people in (a) Warrington South and (b) Warrington received the education maintenance allowance in each year since its establishment.
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 local area level. EMA take-up is defined as young people who have received one or more EMA payments in the academic year.
EMA take-up for Warrington Local Authority area during each academic year since inception is as follows:
Number 2004/05 726 2005/06 1,332 2006/07 1,685 2007/08 11,497 1 To 31 October 2007.
EMA take-up data showing the number of young people who have received one or more EMA payments during 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and to date in 2007/08 is now also available on the LSC website, at the following address:
http://www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/Data/statistics/learner/EMA_take_up.htm
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is responsible for the operation of the education maintenance allowance (EMA) scheme. An analysis of the impact of EMA on attainment was commissioned by the LSC and a copy of the results, with a summary of the key findings was placed in the House Library, on 3 December 2007.