Education Maintenance Allowance

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 23 November 2022.

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Photo of Samuel Kurtz Samuel Kurtz Conservative 2:47, 23 November 2022

I'm grateful to be able to follow the Member's line of questioning with regard to EMA. Eighteen thousand, six hundred and fifty students accessed EMA support in the year 2020-21. As someone who was eligible for EMA as well, I know there are complexities in understanding how students are able to access this and which students are eligible, and, indeed, in talking to the Senedd research department in compiling this supplementary question, that complexity in finding out an accurate take-up number of those who are eligible for EMA and taking it up, and those, therefore, not taking it up, was hard to distinguish. Therefore, can I ask what the Minister and his Government are doing to ensure that all those who are eligible for EMA are able to access the support?