Care to Learn Scheme
(asked on 3rd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) men and (b) women received support from the Care to Learn scheme in each of the last two academic years; what the total cost of the Care to Learn scheme was in each such year; and what the projected cost of the scheme will be in 2014-15.
The number of a) men and b) women who received support from the Care to Learn scheme in the last two academic years; and the total costs of the scheme in those years are shown below:
2012 to 2013 academic year | |
Men: 47 | Women: 6,454 |
Cost: £32.76 million | |
2013 to 2014 academic year* | |
Men: 39 | Women: 5,389 |
Cost: £ 23.69 million *Take up figures and costs to the end of May 2014 | |
The estimated cost for the scheme in the 2014 to 2015 academic year is £30.79 million.
The scheme is demand-led. The fall in cost between 2012/13 and 2013/14 is due to falling demand caused by significant decline in the 16-19 cohort.