Further Education: Disadvantaged

(asked on 9th March 2021) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 12th March 2021

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

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