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Written Question · S5W-36245 · Session 5

How much financial support it has provided to higher and further education students in Dundee in each year since 2016.

Answered Asked by Joe FitzPatrick SNP Lodged 11 Mar 2021

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it has provided to higher and further education students in Dundee in each year since 2016.

The answer

Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 Mar 2021 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

Student support funding provided to further education students at Dundee and Angus College:
Academic Year
Total Funding
2015-16
£6,753,116
2016-17
£7,203,208
2017-18
£7,622,562
2018-19
£8,957,814
2019-20
£9,230,814
2020-21
£10,107,293
Student support funding provided to higher education students at Dundee and Angus College:
Academic Year
Total Funding
2015-16
£10,087,381
2016-17
£10,391,974
2017-18
£10,054,356
2018-19
£10,236,983
2019-20
£10,089,198
Student support funding provided to higher education students at the University of Dundee:
Academic Year
Total Funding
2015-16
£44,218,314
2016-17
£48,064,256
2017-18
£51,261,390
2018-19
£51,750,576
2019-20
£55,364,040

Student support funding provided to higher education student at the University of Abertay:

Academic Year
Total Funding
2015-16
£20,641,300
2016-17
£20,664,521
2017-18
£21,841,921
2018-19
£23,849,838
2019-20
£24,237,678
To note:
- Figures for further education student funding provided by the Scottish Funding Council.
- Figures for higher education student funding provided by the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)
- Figures for higher education funding in the 2020-21 academic year will be published by SAAS in Autumn 2021.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-36245 by reference.