§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish students at Scottish universities did not receive payment of grants awarded to them by the SAAS within(a) one week, (b) two weeks, (c) four weeks and (d) eight weeks of their course commencing; and for each figure, what percentage of Scottish students at Scottish universities this represents. [26055]
§ Mr. WilsonThe table shows, in relation to Scottish students1, the numbers of applications not processed' within the time parameters specified and the percentages of students this represents. It is important to recognise that these figures take no account of when individual applications were actually received by the Agency. The figures therefore do not indicate how long the Agency took to process applications, nor do they provide an accurate measure of the number and proportion of applications which were not processed within the Agency's target time.
Weeks after the start of courses Number of applications from Scottish students not processed Percentage of Scottish students 1 25,114 34.8 2 22,810 31.6 4 17,637 24.5 8 8,545 11.9 1For the purposes of this answer, Scottish students are defined as Scottish domiciled students in receipt of an award at a Scottish university. 2The information relates to the date of processing, rather than date of receipt of the payment, because the former is known while the latter can vary. (Students who did not receive their payments at the start of the academic year would receive their payment 3 to 4 days after processing).