Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 19 year old students attracted (a) Disadvantage Block 1 funding, (b) Disadvantage Block 2 funding and (c) Disadvantage Block 1 and 2 funding in the latest year for which figures are available.
The table below sets out the number of funded 16-19 students attracting disadvantage block 1 and block 2 funding.
The numbers are taken from the latest full year data we hold (2019 to 2020 individualised learner record R14 and 2019 to 2020 school census).
16-19 students attracting Disadvantage Block 1 funding only | 16-19 students attracting Disadvantage Block 2 funding only | 16-19 students attracting both Disadvantage Block 1 & 2 funding |
177,084 | 242,822 | 180,294 |