Assembly Learning Grants Awarded to Welsh Domiciled Students in Further Education, 2007/08

This Statistical Release presents information on the number of Assembly Learning Grants (ALGs) awarded to Welsh domiciled students in Further Education in academic year 2007/08. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 27 March 2008.

Key points for 2007/08 from the release are:

• 6,170 students in Further Education applied for an Assembly Learning Grant as at end July 2008, an increase of 2 per cent compared with 2006/07.
• 5,140 applications were successful (83 per cent of applications), an increase of 9 per cent compared with the same point in 2006/07.
• 75 per cent of all applications and 88 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 5 per cent compared with the same point in time in 2006/07.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website

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

Next Update:
March 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)