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 6. EMA Spend (£) by Gender: 2006-07 to 2010-11

Number of Recipients Total Payments (£) Weekly Payments (£) Bonus Payments (£)
Academic Year Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
2006-07 17,245 20,235 14,847,315 17,585,970 11,663,865 13,766,220 3,183,450 3,819,750
2007-08 16,955 20,320 15,207,780 18,132,660 11,864,430 14,112,660 3,343,350 4,020,000
2008-09 17,870 21,130 16,250,880 19,190,280 12,636,180 14,901,780 3,614,700 4,288,500
2009-10 17,385 19,850 15,527,450 17,664,240 12,545,450 14,255,640 2,982,000 3,408,600
2010-11 16,660 18,115 12,939,870 14,237,350 12,939,870 14,237,350 0 0

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

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