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Students: Grants

Volume 498: debated on Thursday 29 October 2009

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Dr. Cable

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students received non-repayable maintenance grants from (a) Richmond-upon-Thames education authority and (b) all English local education authorities in each of the last five years; and what the average grant received by such students was in each case in each of the last five years. (294754)

Mr. Lammy

The information is as follows.

Students awarded grants in academic years 2004-05 to 2008-09 (provisional)1

Academic year

Number of students awarded grants

Average (£)

Richmond-upon-Thames

2004-05

470

1,040

2005-06

780

1,010

2006-07

1,110

1,550

2007-08

1,390

1,860

2008-092

1,440

2,240

England

2004-05

127,000

1,170

2005-06

215,000

1,120

2006-07

333,000

1,660

2007-08

404,000

2,000

2008-092

453,000

2,290

1 Figures cover the higher education grant, the maintenance grant and grants and allowances for children and dependents.

2 Provisional 2008/09 data at mid-November 2008. Figures may change as later applications are processed.

Source:

Student Loans Company

Grant figures in the table cover the higher education grant, introduced in 2004, the maintenance grant, phased in from 2006, and grants and allowances for children and dependants. Different amounts are available for each type of grant. Figures contain students in each year of their courses. The amount a student receives depends on household income, year of entry to higher education and personal circumstances.