Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students received maintenance grants in each local authority in the last academic year for which data is available.

Statistics showing the number of English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for study at UK providers are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’.

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx

The number of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants at UK providers in each Local Authority in the academic year 2013/14 has been provided in the attached table.

Complete data for the academic year 2014/15 will be published by the SLC in November 2015.