2nd November 2005
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Statistics on Education Maintenance Allowances ( EMAs) for the academic year 2004-05 are being released today on the Scottish Executive website. The statistics in this publication cover the full academic year and supersede the part-year statistics published in June 2005.
EMAs were introduced across Scotland from August 2004 for 16 year olds (whose birthday fell between 1st March 1988 and 30th September 1988). People born between 1 October 1988 and 28 February 1989 became eligible to join the programme in January 2005. In the coming two years eligibility will extend to 17 and 18 year olds.
Education Maintenance Allowances are means tested payments of £10, £20 or £30 per week to young people attending school or further education college on a full time basis. Following satisfactory attendance and completion of a learning agreement, additional bonus payments of £150 are payable in January and June (see http://www.emascotland.com/).
Prior to national roll-out the scheme was tested in 4 local authority areas 1; in the pilot areas the whole age range were already eligible in 2004-05.
This release contains statistics on all students who have received at least one EMA payment in Scotland during the academic year 2004-05.
The main points are as follows:
- 23,650 students received EMA payments in Scotland in 2004-05. Of this total, 19540 are aged 16, which is around 29% of all 16 year olds in Scotland. 54% of this total are females and 71% are at school.
- Most EMA participants (79%) received the maximum weekly payment of £30 (Table 1.1). The proportion of college students that receive £30 per week is higher (83%) than for those in school (77%).
- Around £19.2 million pounds was paid out in EMA support in 2004-05. This was made up of £15.1 million in weekly payments and £4.1 million in bonus payments.
- 62% of all students who attended for the entire year (and were therefore eligible for both bonuses) received both bonus payments. 14% of the students who attended for the entire year received neither of these bonuses.
- 71% of the students who became eligible for support from January 2005 onwards (and were therefore eligible for bonus 2) received this bonus.
- Female EMA recipients were marginally more likely to receive at least one bonus than males (Table 2.4). This pattern is consistent across all payment levels.
- Those entitled to the £30 weekly payment and attending for the entire year were less likely to receive at least one bonus than other EMA recipients (Table 2.4). On average, 86% of students in the £30 category received at least one bonus (compared with 91% for students in the £10 or £20 group).
- Of the 16,290 students who received EMA between August and December 2004, 88% stayed on in education into the second half of the year.
- 24% of all students in the £30 category come from the 15% most deprived areas of Scotland
The following tables are available on the Scottish Executive Lifelong Learning Statistics Website. The website will also include analysis of school pupils for each local authority area:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/llstatistics
SECTION 1: OVERALL STUDENTS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE EMA SCHEME IN 2004-05
Table 1.1: Total Students - by gender and level, 2004-05
Table 1.2: Total Students - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Table 1.3: Total amounts paid out - weekly and bonus payments, 2004-05
Table 1.4: Total amounts paid out - weekly payments only, 2004-05
Table 1.5: Total amounts paid out - bonus payments only, 2004-05
SECTION 2: STUDENTS ATTENDING FOR THE FULL YEAR
Table 2.1: Students attending for the full year - by gender and level, 2004-05
Table 2.2: Students attending for the full year - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Table 2.3: Students attending for the full year - by bonus 1/bonus 2 payments and gender, 2004-05
Table 2.4: Students attending for the full year - by bonus payments, gender and level, 2004-05
SECTION 3: STUDENTS WHO ONLY RECEIVE SUPPORT UP TO YEAR END 2004
Table 3.1: Students attending until year end 2004 - by gender and level, 2004-05
Table 3.2: Students attending until year end 2004 - by place of study and level, 2004-05
SECTION 4: STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FROM JANUARY 2005 ONWARDS
Table 4.1: New students eligible from January 2005 - by gender and level, 2004-05
Table 4.2: New students eligible from January 2005- by place of study and level, 2004-05
Table 4.3: New students eligible from January 2005 - by bonus 2 payment, gender and level, 2004-05
SECTION 5: EMA STUDENTS FROM DEPRIVED AREAS
Table 5.1: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year - by gender and level, 2004-05
Table 5.2: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Table 5.3: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year - by bonus 1/bonus 2 payments and gender, 2004-05
Table 5.4: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year - by bonus payments, gender and level, 2004-05
NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS
- These statistics are collected by the Scottish Executive from local authorities (school pupils) and the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (further education college students).
- This is the first time that full year statistics have been published. This publication is not yet registered under the National Statistics series of publications.
- The analysis by neighbourhood type uses the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/simd2004/. To avoid bias pupils older than 16 from the pilot areas have been excluded from this part of the analysis.
- This news release, together with associated tables listed above, is published on the Scottish Executive website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/llstatistics
Please contact the author if you do not have access to the Internet.
For media enquiries please contact:
Claire Delaney
Scottish Executive
Press Office
Tel. (0141) 242 5666
For further information, non-media enquiries and comments on this publication, please contact:
Andrew Murray
Scottish Executive
Enterprise, Transport & Lifelong Learning Department
Analytical Services Division
3 rd Floor, Meridian Court
5 Cadogan Street
Glasgow, G2 6ATTel: (0141) 242 0271
Fax: (0141) 242 5579
E-mail:fhestatistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
SECTION 1: OVERALL STUDENTS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE EMA SCHEME IN 2004-05
This section looks at the total numbers of students on the EMA scheme since its introduction in August 2004. Figures in this section include all students who received at least one EMA payment during the academic year 2004-05 The majority of students receive support in the £30 category.
Table 1.1: Total Students - by gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Students | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 23,650 | 12,690 | 10,960 | 100% |
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10 | 2,760 | 1,425 | 1,330 | 12% |
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20 | 2,275 | 1,195 | 1,085 | 10% |
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30 | 18,615 | 10,070 | 8,545 | 79% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
There are slightly more females (54%) supported than males, with the majority receiving a £30 weekly payment.
Table 1.2: Total Students - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Location of Study | School % | College % |
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School | College |
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Total | 23,650 | 16,870 | 6,780 | 100% | 100% |
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10 | 2,760 | 2,125 | 635 | 13% | 9% |
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20 | 2,275 | 1,780 | 495 | 11% | 7% |
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30 | 18,615 | 12,965 | 5,650 | 77% | 83% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
A high proportion of students supported are from school (71%) as opposed to college. In terms of the school/college split, proportionately more students in college are in the £30 category (83% compared with 77% in schools).
Table 1.3: Total amounts paid out - weekly and bonus payments, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Amounts Paid Out (£) | Amounts Paid (£) | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 19,172,100 | 10,419,300 | 8,752,800 | 100% |
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10 | 1,213,300 | 638,500 | 574,800 | 6% |
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20 | 1,601,100 | 855,200 | 745,900 | 8% |
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30 | 16,357,800 | 8,925,700 | 7,432,100 | 85% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 1.4: Total amounts paid out - weekly payments only, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Amounts Paid Out (£) | Amounts Paid (£) | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 15,110,900 | 8,197,500 | 6,913,400 | 100% |
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10 | 703,600 | 367,700 | 335,900 | 5% |
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20 | 1,177,000 | 627,500 | 549,600 | 8% |
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30 | 13,230,300 | 7,202,300 | 6,027,900 | 88% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 1.5: Total amounts paid out - bonus payments only, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Amounts Paid Out (£) | Amounts Paid (£) | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 4,061,300 | 2,221,800 | 1,839,500 | 100% |
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10 | 509,700 | 270,800 | 239,000 | 13% |
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20 | 424,100 | 227,700 | 196,400 | 10% |
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30 | 3,127,500 | 1,723,400 | 1,404,200 | 77% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SECTION 2: STUDENTS ATTENDING FOR THE FULL-YEAR
This section looks at only those students who were on the scheme for the entire academic year 2004-05 i.e. they received payments both before and after Christmas. This therefore meant that they were eligible to receive both bonus payments upon satisfying the terms of their learning agreement.
Table 2.1: Students attending for the full year - by gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Students | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 14,345 | 7,740 | 6,605 | 100% |
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10 | 1,735 | 900 | 835 | 12% |
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20 | 1,410 | 750 | 665 | 10% |
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30 | 11,200 | 6,095 | 5,110 | 78% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 2.2: Students attending for the full year - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Location of Study | School % | College % |
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School | College |
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Total | 14,345 | 10,695 | 3,650 | 100% | 100% |
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10 | 1,735 | 1,400 | 335 | 12% | 13% |
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20 | 1,410 | 1,165 | 245 | 10% | 11% |
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30 | 11,200 | 8,130 | 3,070 | 78% | 76% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 2.3: Students attending for the full year - by bonus 1/bonus 2* payments and gender, 2004-05
Total | Total students | Female | Male |
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| Did not receive Bonus 2 | Received Bonus 2 | Did not receive Bonus 2 | Received Bonus 2 |
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Total | 14,345 | 2,205 | 5,540 | 2,080 | 4,525 |
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Did not receive Bonus 1 | 3,105 | 1,005 | 580 | 955 | 570 |
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Received Bonus 1 | 11,245 | 1,200 | 4,960 | 1,125 | 3,955 |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
* Bonus 1 payable in January, Bonus 2 payable in June
Of the 14,345 students who attended for the full year, 8915 (62%) received both bonus 1 and 2. In contrast, there were 1,960 students who received neither bonus 1 or 2 (14%).
Table 2.4: Students attending for the full year - by bonus payments, gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | All Pupils | Female | Male |
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Female total | Both | One bonus only | None | Male total | Both | One bonus only | None |
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Total | 14,345 | 7,740 | 4,960 | 1,780 | 1,005 | 6,605 | 3,955 | 1,695 | 955 |
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10 | 1,735 | 900 | 635 | 185 | 80 | 835 | 535 | 210 | 95 |
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20 | 1,410 | 750 | 525 | 160 | 65 | 665 | 445 | 145 | 70 |
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30 | 11,200 | 6,095 | 3,800 | 1,435 | 855 | 5,105 | 2,980 | 1,340 | 785 |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
The table above allows analysis of bonus payments by level of weekly payment and gender. There is little difference between the genders in receipt of bonus: the percentage of females in the £30 category receiving both bonuses is 62%, compared with the male figures of 58%. Overall 61% of students in the £30 payment category received both bonuses, compared to 67%-69% in the other two support levels.
SECTION 3: STUDENTS WHO ONLY RECEIVED SUPPORT UP TO YEAR END 2004
This section looks at those students who received support in the first session but no support after the turn of the year. This meant that they were eligible to receive the bonus 1 payment only, upon satisfying the terms of their learning agreement. As a result of this, only analysis on students receiving bonus 1 can be done.
Table 3.1: Students attending until year end 2004 - by gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Students | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 1,940 | 995 | 945 | 100% |
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10 | 165 | 70 | 90 | 9% |
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20 | 165 | 85 | 80 | 8% |
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30 | 1,610 | 830 | 780 | 83% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 3.2: Students attending until year end 2004 - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Location of Study | School % | College % |
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School | College |
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Total | 1,940 | 880 | 1,065 | 100% | 100% |
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10 | 165 | 70 | 95 | 8% | 9% |
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20 | 165 | 75 | 90 | 8% | 9% |
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30 | 1,610 | 735 | 875 | 84% | 82% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Of the 880 school students who did not receive EMA after Christmas, 85 (9.7%) received a bonus 1 payment). If a school student decides to leave at Christmas, no bonus 1 payment is payable unless they are going on to further study at college. Therefore, the findings above suggests that 9.7% of these school leavers did in fact go on to further study.
Of the 1,065 college students who did not receive EMA after Christmas, 480 (45%) received a bonus 1 payment). This suggests that they satisfied the terms of their learning agreement before leaving college.
SECTION 4: STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FROM JANUARY 2005 ONWARDS
7,360 students became eligible for EMA support from January 2005, mainly because they now satisfied the age criteria; a few students may have become eligible through a change in their personal circumstances or through enrolling on a course at college. This therefore meant that they were eligible to receive the bonus 2 payment only, upon satisfying the terms of their learning agreement.
Table 4.1: New students supported from January 2005 - by gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Students | Percentage |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 7,360 | 3,950 | 3,410 | 100% |
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10 | 855 | 450 | 410 | 12% |
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20 | 700 | 355 | 345 | 10% |
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30 | 5,805 | 3,145 | 2,660 | 79% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 4.2: New students supported from January 2005 - by place of study and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students | Location of Study | School % | College % |
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School | College |
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Total | 7,360 | 5,295 | 2,065 | 100% | 100% |
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10 | 855 | 655 | 200 | 12% | 10% |
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20 | 700 | 540 | 160 | 10% | 8% |
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30 | 5,805 | 4,100 | 1,705 | 77% | 83% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Table 4.3: New students supported from January 2005 - by bonus 2 payment, gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total students | Female | Male |
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Did not receive Bonus 2 | Received Bonus 2 | Did not receive Bonus 2 | Received Bonus 2 |
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Total | 7,360 | 1,140 | 2,810 | 1,030 | 2,380 |
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10 | 855 | 115 | 335 | 115 | 295 |
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20 | 700 | 80 | 280 | 95 | 250 |
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30 | 5,805 | 950 | 2,200 | 825 | 1,835 |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Of the students who received support from January, 5190 (71%) received bonus 2. Of these, 54% were female.
SECTION 5: EMA STUDENTS FROM DEPRIVED AREAS
This section looks at students from the 15% most deprived areas 2. As stated earlier, to avoid bias pupils older than 16 from the pilot areas have been excluded from this part of the analysis.
Table 5.1: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year, by gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students from deprived areas | Students from deprived areas | Percentage | All 16 year old students attending for the entire year | % from deprived areas |
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Female | Male |
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Total | 2,290 | 1,240 | 1,050 | 100% | 11,104 | 21% |
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10 | 130 | 65 | 65 | 6% | 1,455 | 9% |
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20 | 135 | 80 | 55 | 6% | 1,152 | 12% |
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30 | 2,025 | 1,095 | 930 | 89% | 8,497 | 24% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
2,290 school and college students from the 15% most deprived areas were supported through the EMA scheme in 2004-05 (aged 16 only).
It appears that students from deprived areas are represented proportionately more on the EMA scheme (approximately 17% of all 16 year olds in Scotland are from deprived areas, whilst 21% of EMA students attending for the entire year are from these areas). It is also clear that the £30 payment level is clearly targeted to students from deprived areas (24% of students in the £30 category are from deprived areas), with the lower payment levels not targeted to these areas (only 9-12% of payments at the £10/£20 level go to students in deprived areas).
Table 5.2: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year, by place of study and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students from deprived areas | Location of Study | School % | College % |
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School | College |
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Total | 2,290 | 1,630 | 660 | 100% | 100% |
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10 | 130 | 100 | 25 | 6% | 4% |
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20 | 135 | 105 | 25 | 7% | 4% |
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30 | 2,025 | 1,420 | 605 | 87% | 92% |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Noticeably, 92% of college students from these areas received a £30 weekly payment. This proportion is lower in schools.
Table 5.3: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year - by bonus 1/bonus 2 payments and gender, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students from deprived areas | Female | Male |
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Did not receive Bonus 2 | Received Bonus 2 | Did not receive Bonus 2 | Received Bonus 2 |
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Total | 2,290 | 420 | 820 | 415 | 635 |
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Did not receive Bonus 1 | 565 | 200 | 90 | 180 | 95 |
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Received Bonus 1 | 1,725 | 220 | 730 | 235 | 540 |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Of the 1,240 female students from deprived areas, 59% received both bonus payments. The proportion of males receiving both bonuses in these areas was lower (51%).
The proportion of students in these deprived areas receiving no bonus at all was 17%.
Table 5.4: Students from the 15% most deprived areas attending for the entire year - by bonus payments, gender and level, 2004-05
Payment level (£) | Total Students from deprived areas | Female | Male |
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Female total | Both | One bonus only | None | Male total | Both | One bonus only | None |
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Total | 2,290 | 1,240 | 730 | 310 | 200 | 1,050 | 540 | 330 | 180 |
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10 | 130 | 65 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 65 | 35 | 20 | 10 |
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20 | 135 | 80 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 5 |
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30 | 2,025 | 1,095 | 630 | 275 | 185 | 935 | 470 | 295 | 170 |
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All numbers in this table (other than percentages) are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.
The table above allows analysis of bonus payments by level of weekly payment and gender. The percentage of females in the £30 category receiving both bonuses is 58%, compared with the male figures of 50%. In contrast, the percentage of females in this group receiving no bonus is 17% compared with the male equivalent of 18%. Of the students who receive both bonuses, 87% receive a weekly payment of £30.