Publication - FOI/EIR release

Non-income assessed loans awarded since 2005: FOI release

Published: 20 December 2021
Topic: Education, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202100252056
Date received: 31 October 2021
Date responded: 24 November 2021

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

I would like to know more about previous maintenance loans. Could you please provide, since 2005, the figure for income unassessed maintenance loans (currently sitting at £4750).

If there has / hasn’t been an increase since 2005, I would like to understand what the processes is for increasing the loan (i.e, is there an inflation based increase?)

Response

You asked for the figure for income unassessed maintenance loans since 2005. For some years there are more than one income unassessed amount depending on when the student started their course or if they stayed at home. All the amounts are taken from the funding guides for these sessions.

In academic sessions 2005-2006 to 2012-2013, where stated, we paid the ‘full-year’ rate of loan if they were in any year except the final year of a course that lasted more than one year, or were doing a PGCE or a PGDE. We paid the ‘final-year’ rate of loan if they were in the last year of their course or were studying an HNC or other one-year course. There were also different loan amounts for students studying a normal undergraduate course to students study an Allied Health Profession course or in fifth year of a medical or dental degree in academic years 2005-2006 to 2012-2013.

2005-2006
For students who are studying at Scottish institutions, who entered higher education between the 1998-1999 academic year and 2000-2001 academic year, and who are on a continuous programme of study.

	Living in hall of residence or lodgings	Living in their parents' home
	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part
Full Year	£830	£545
Final Year	£710	£440

For students who are studying at Scottish institutions, who entered higher education between the 1998-1999 academic year and 2000-2001 academic year, and who are on a continuous programme of study.

	Living in hall of residence or lodgings	Living in their parents' home
	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part
Full Year	£1,970	£1,310
Final Year	£1,555	£1,000

For students who are studying at a UK institution outside Scotland, who entered higher education in the 2002-2003 academic year or later, or who are entering higher education after a break in study of one year or more.

	Living in hall of residence or lodgings	Living in hall of residence or lodgings and studying in London	Living in their parents' home
	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part
Full Year	£2,010	£2,170	£1,720
Final Year	£1,890	£2,010	£1,620

For students who are studying at a UK institution outside Scotland, who entered higher education between the 1998-1999 academic year and the 2001-2002 academic year, and who are on a continuous programme of study.

	Living in hall of residence or lodgings	Living in hall of residence or lodgings and studying in London	Living in their parents' home
	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part
Full Year	£3,145	£3,885	£2,490
Final Year	£2,730	£3,365	£2,180

For students studying an Allied Health profession course, in fifth year of a medicine or dental course and studying a degree course in nursing and midwifery that started in session 2000-2001 or earlier.

	Living in hall of residence or lodgings	Living in hall of residence or lodgings and studying in London	Living in their parents' home
	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part	Non income-assessed part
Full Year	£2,055	£2,540	£1,575
Final Year	£1,500	£1,885	£1,155

2006-2007
Normal undergraduate students

Living in hall of residence or elsewhere	Living in their parents' home
£850	£560