Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students in Suffolk local education authority area applied for student (a) loans and (b) grants in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 academic years.

The number of full-time students, residing in the local authority of Suffolk when they applied for financial support, who were awarded student loans or grants in academic years 2008/09 to 2013/14 is shown in Table 1.

It was not possible to provide the proportions requested in the answer because estimates of the loan and grant eligible population are not available at that level of detail.

Table 1 -- Students awarded student loans or grants who were living in Suffolk Local Authority¹ when they applied for financial support.

Source: Student Loans Company

[1] Suffolk Local Authority covers applicants with postcodes in Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury and Suffolk districts at the time of application

[2] Includes maintenance and tuition fee loans

[3] Includes Higher Education grants, Special Support grants, Maintenance grants, Tuition Fee grants, Disabled Student allowances, Travel grants, Childcare grants, Dependants grants, Parental Learning allowances and Adult Dependant grants.

[4] Data refer to the mid-November following the end of each respective academic year.

[5] Figures may differ slightly from the answer provided in March 2011 as a more recent postcode address file has been used.