Further to the answer to question S3W-18578 by Fiona Hyslop on the 22 December 2008, how many students received the (a) Lone Parent’s Grant…

The following table shows the number of higher education students who received Lone Parent''s Grant and the number who received Lone Parent''s Childcare Grant in academic year 2007-08 broken down by parental/spousal income.
Income
| Number of Students receiving Lone Parent''s Grant
| Number of Students Receiving Lone Parent''s Childcare Grant

< £10k
| 40
| 25

£10,000
- £19,999
| 45
| 25

£20,000
- £29,999
| 30
| 20

£30,000 and above
| 10
| 30

Income not declared/required
| 15
| 5

Exempt from Parental/Spousal Contribution
| 2,775
| 1,275

Total
| 2,920
| 1,375

Source: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) academic year 2007-08.
Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest five.
Income bands are based on residual parental or, in the case of students who are married or in a civil partnership, spousal income. This is income after deductions allowed by SAAS have been subtracted.
Lone Parent''s Grant is available on an income assessed basis to students who are single, widowed, divorced or no longer living with a partner and are bringing up children. An additional grant, Lone Parent''s Childcare Grant, is available to recipients of Lone Parent''s Grant who have to pay for registered or formal child care.