Education Maintenance Allowances 2010-11

Statistics on Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) in the academic year 2010-11. This release contains information on all students at school or at a college in Scotland who received at least one payment under the EMA scheme. This is the fourth year of full roll out of EMAs.


Table 5. EMA Spend (£) by Institution Type: 2006-07 to 2010-11

Academic Year Number of Recipients Total (£) Weekly Payments (£) Bonus Payments (£)
Schools 2006-07 24,430 22,923,580 17,975,080 4,948,500
2007-08 24,020 23,537,100 18,374,400 5,162,700
2008-09 24,460 24,182,020 18,755,020 5,427,000
2009-10 23,290 23,477,730 18,295,230 5,182,500
2010-11 21,120 17,805,960 17,805,960 0
Colleges 2006-07 13,050 9,509,705 7,455,005 2,054,700
2007-08 13,255 9,803,340 7,602,690 2,200,650
2008-09 14,540 11,259,140 8,782,940 2,476,200
2009-10 13,945 9,715,280 8,506,880 1,208,400
2010-11 13,660 9,371,260 9,371,260 0

Figures in this table have been rounded to the nearest 5.

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