FOI_25-071 Student applications for hardship funding
Date of response: 26 February 2025
We have now considered your request of 19 February 2025 for the following information:
Please provide the following data for the past two academic years (2022/23 and 2023/24) and current academic year (2024/25) to date for these funding programmes:
Question 1. The total number of hardship fund applications received each year
Our response:
| 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 (as of 21 February 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| 825 | 483 | 289 |
Question 2. The total number of applications approved each year.
Our response:
| 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 (as of 21 February 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| 394 | 208 | 126 |
Question 3. The total amount of money distributed through the fund each year.
Our response:
| 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 (as of 21 February 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| £376,991.00 | £218,473.00 | £171,637.00 |
Question 4. The number of applications citing inability to afford hygiene products or laundry costs in their application.
Our response:
On this occasion it is not possible to provide any of the requested information. In line with your rights under section 1(1)(a) of the Act to be informed whether information is held, we confirm that the University does not hold any recorded information for the number of applications citing inability to afford hygiene products or laundry costs within the application. We do not collect this specificity of information