Education Maintenance Allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber

John Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students in post-16 education in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) West Yorkshire are in receipt of education maintenance allowance.

Mr. Iain Wright
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). Geoffrey Russell, the LSC's acting chief executive, will write to my right hon. Friend with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Libraries.