Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 15 September 2011:

How many students are in receipt of ABSTUDY payments, broken down by:

(a) category or type of payment; and

(b) residential location of recipient by state/territory, urban, regional or remote.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

The following tables provide the information on ABSTUDY recipients, that is students and Australian Apprentices, by payment category and residential location by state/territory and regional classification.

Data on Living Allowance comprises individual recipients of fortnightly ABSTUDY payments who may also be receiving non-Living Allowance payments. Data on non-Living Allowance payments includes recipients of School Term Allowance, School Fees Allowance, Incidentals Allowances, Lawful Custody Allowance, Under 16 Boarding Supplement, Residential Costs Option, supplementary payments for Masters and Doctorate students, Fares Allowance and away from base assistance where the payments are not made to recipients of fortnightly Living Allowance payments. The number of recipients of ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement is also provided.

ABSTUDY Recipients by Home State/Territory by ABSTUDY Payment Type as at 26 August 2011

ABSTUDY Recipients by Regional Classification by ABSTUDY Payment Type as at 26 August 2011

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