Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of students receiving maintenance grants in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.

Statistics showing the number of English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for study at UK providers are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’.

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx

Complete data for the academic year 2014/15 will be published by the SLC in November 2015 along with provisional data for 2015/16.