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Table 8: Students receiving awards from SAAS and total amount paid, 2002-03 to 2007-08

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

Students in receipt 1

Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2

Students in receipt 1

Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2

Students in receipt 1

Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2

Total Award Payments

56,485

84,491

58,610

90,396

57,825

80,087

Standard Maintenance Allowance (Postgraduates) 3

1,500

4,100

1,220

3,373

1,060

2,972

Standard Maintenance Allowance (Undergraduates) 4

925

1,525

200

395

90

225

Scottish Government Health Department Bursary

2,170

3,948

2,030

3,621

1,955

3,572

Travel Expenses

37,915

15,469

37,150

15,474

34,830

14,555

Young Students:

Young Students Bursary 5

21,870

30,177

27,855

39,193

31,500

45,532

UKStudents Studying Elsewhere in the

Young Students Outside Scotland Bursary 6

325

147

605

281

795

384

Student Outside Scotland Bursary 7

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dependant's & Childcare:

Dependants Grant 8

6,330

15,394

5,905

14,599

475

940

Lone Parents Grant

4,115

4,401

3,775

4,130

3,410

3,748

Lone Parents Childcare Grant 9

1,655

1,570

1,525

1,500

1,505

1,499

School Meals Grant 5,10,11

5,360

2,188

5,075

2,075

-

-

Disabled Students:

Disabled Students Allowance

2,040

5,128

2,410

5,429

2,775

6,512

Other :

Adhoc Payments

335

246

235

175

125

118

Adjustment Payments

50

16

60

27

65

29

Two Homes Grant 11

245

182

160

122

-

-

Source: SAAS management information.

1. Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest 5 (e.g. 1, 2 round to 0, 3, 4 round to 5). Cells containing a dash represent 0 students. Each student is counted only once in the 'Total Awards' line irrespective of how many award types they receive. 2. Cash totals have been rounded to the nearest thousand and may not equal the sum of their constituent parts due to this rounding. 3. Postgraduate students excluding PGDE. Figures have been corrected to reflect changes to qualification categories as explained at Table 4. 4. Includes undergraduate and PGDE students as they receive the same support package. Figures have been corrected to reflect changes to qualification categories as explained at Table 4. 5. Introduced in 2001/02. 6. Introduced in 2002/03. 7 Introduced in 2006/07 for new young and mature students studying outside Scotland. 8 Abolition of Dependants Grant for children at the end of 2003/04. 9 Introduced in 2001/02 but paid through Adhoc payments in its initial year. 10. Removed at the end of 2003/04. 11. Errors from previous publications have been corrected. No students received these award types in 2004/05 - 2007/08.

and total amount paid, 2002-03 to 2007-08 SAASTable 8 (continued): Students receiving awards from

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Students in receipt 1

Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2

Students in receipt 1

Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2

Students in receipt 1

Total Amount Paid (£1000s) 2

Total Award Payments

58,750

99,825

58,565

102,872

58,230

104,773

Standard Maintenance Allowance (Postgraduates) 3

1020

2,993

925

2,910

1,040

3,269

Standard Maintenance Allowance (Undergraduates) 4

50

130

45

122

40

122

Scottish Government Health Department Bursary

1,965

3,573

1,940

3,619

1,935

3,667

Travel Expenses

32,625

14,177

32,970

14,666

33,710

15,170

Young Students:

Young Students Bursary 5

35,105

65,355

34,875

66,760

34,200

66,877

UKStudents Studying Elsewhere in the

Young Students Outside Scotland Bursary 6

860

428

630

319

375

189

Student Outside Scotland Bursary 7

-

-

625

1,024

1,020

1,703

Dependant's & Childcare:

Dependants Grant 8

430

882

370

773

335

697

Lone Parents Grant

3,230

3,632

3,025

3,498

2,920

3,427

Lone Parents Childcare Grant 9

1,450

1,495

1,415

1,470

1,375

1,463

School Meals Grant 5,10,11

-

-

-

-

-

-

Disabled Students:

Disabled Students Allowance

3,165

7,031

3,385

7,552

3,625

8,059

Other :

Adhoc Payments

100

114

105

121

70

92

Adjustment Payments

35

15

80

38

70

38

Two Homes Grant 11

-

-

-

-

-

-

Source: SAAS management information.

1. Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest 5 (e.g. 1, 2 round to 0, 3, 4 round to 5). Cells containing a dash represent 0 students. Each student is counted only once in the 'Total Awards' line irrespective of how many award types they receive. 2. Cash totals have been rounded to the nearest thousand and may not equal the sum of their constituent parts due to this rounding. 3. Postgraduate students excluding PGDE. Figures have been corrected to reflect changes to qualification categories as explained at Table 4. 4. Includes undergraduate and PGDE students as they receive the same support package. Figures have been corrected to reflect changes to qualification categories as explained at Table 4. 5. Introduced in 2001/02. 6. Introduced in 2002/03. 7 Introduced in 2006/07 for new young and mature students studying outside Scotland. 8 Abolition of Dependants Grant for children at the end of 2003/04. 9 Introduced in 2001/02 but paid through Adhoc payments in its initial year. 10. Removed at the end of 2003/04. 11. Errors from previous publications have been corrected. No students received these award types in 2004/05 - 2007/08.

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