Assembly Learning Grants Awarded to Welsh Domiciled Students in Further Education 2008/09 (Provisional)

This Statistical Release presents information on the number of Assembly Learning Grants (ALGs) awarded to Welsh domiciled students in Further Education in academic year 2008/09 as at 8th March 2009.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28th October 2008.

Key results:

• 6,400 students in Further Education applied for an Assembly Learning Grant by 8th March 2009.
• 4,790 applications were successful (75 per cent of applications), a decrease of 3 per cent compared with the same point in time in 2007/08.
• 64 per cent of all applications and 83 per cent of successful applications were from full time students.
• £5.7 million has been paid to date to FE students in ALGs, an increase of less than 1 per cent compared with the same point in time in 2007/08.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3895
E-mail: he.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)