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Figure 4: Students receiving awards from SAAS, 2002-03 to 2007-08
Source: SAAS management information.
Data for this chart taken from Table 8.
The 'young, with dependent and disabled group' includes those students receiving Young Students Bursary, Young Students Outside Scotland Bursary, Dependants Grant, Lone Parents Grant, Lone Parents Childcare Grant and Disabled Students Allowance.
14. Table 8 and Figure 4 show that the total number of students receiving an award from SAAS has gone up by 3.1% since 2002-03, from 56,485 to 58,230, though numbers have decreased by 0.9% since 2005-2006. Recipients of awards in the 'young, with dependents and disabled group' (consisting of young students - usually aged less than 25 at the start of their course, students with dependents - either children or partners - and students with a disability who receive Disabled Student's Allowance) have decreased by 3.2% since 2005-2006 to 42,825. This is higher than the lowest number seen in 2004-05 after the abolition of Dependents Grant for children 1, and is 2.7% higher than in 2002-2003. Students in this group make up 73.5% of all award recipients in 2007-2008. The number of students in receipt of Young Students Bursary has increased by 56.4% since 2002-2003 to 34,200. This is, however, 2.6% lower than the peak level of 35,105 in 2005-2006.
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