Students: Loans
(asked on 13th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken out advanced learner loans in each year since they were introduced.
The table below provides an overview of the approved applications received for Advanced Learner Loans since their introduction in the 2013/14 academic year to the latest published data for the 2016/17 academic year.
Academic year | Number of approved applications |
2013/14 | 56,220 |
2014/15 | 56,870 |
2015/16 | 71,190 |
2016/17 | 82,290 |
Notes:
1. 24+ Advanced Learning Loans were expanded to those aged 19 and over starting in the 2016/17 academic year and were renamed to ‘Advanced Learner Loans’.
2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
3. Final application data is as at 30 September for each academic year, starting from 30/09/14 and ending with 30/09/17.
Data on Advanced Learner Loans from the 2013/14 academic year onwards is published by the department and available at the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education.