Independent research consultant Mark Corney told the education select committee that studies he has done into participation of 16- to 19-year-olds found that any replacement to the education maintenance allowance (EMA) would be best targeted on 17-year-olds who are at risk of becoming Neet.
Students currently get a maximum amount of £30 a week if they are aged between 16 and 19 through the EMA, which costs more than £560m annually. But the government is scrapping the fund and replacing it with a discretionary learner support fund that will be worth £78m, while details of how it will be administered are yet to be announced.
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