HC Deb 15 January 2002 vol 378 c221W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the education maintenance allowance evaluation will be published. [26930]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

We published the first evaluation report in March 2001. This looked at the positive effect of EMAs on levels of participation in post-16 education in the first year of the scheme.

We expect to publish reports on the second year of the scheme in the near future, including studies of the effect of EMA on drop out rates and further analysis of the effect on participation.