16-19 Bursary Fund
(asked on 2nd December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much government funding has been made available for the Education Maintenance Allowance and its replacement Bursary Fund each year since 2010.
The amount of government funding allocated to the Education Maintenance Allowance and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.
The Bursary Fund budget is £180m per academic year.
Financial Year | Education Maintenance Allowance | 16 to 19 Bursary Fund |
2010 to 2011 | £564m | |
2011 to 2012 | £317m | £77m* |
2012 to 2013 | £159m** | |
2013 to 2014 | £180m | |
2014 to 2015 | £180m | |
2015 to 2016 | £180m |
* Part-year funding in the transitional year.
** Amounted to £180m over the full academic year. The academic year straddles two financial years.