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<p>The number of a) men and b) women who received support from the Care to Learn scheme
in the last two academic years; and the total costs of the scheme in those years are
shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012 to 2013 academic
year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men: 47</p></td><td><p>Women: 6,454</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Cost: £32.76 million</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013
to 2014 academic year*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men: 39</p></td><td><p>Women:
5,389</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cost: £ 23.69 million</p><p>*Take up figures
and costs to the end of May 2014</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The estimated
cost for the scheme in the 2014 to 2015 academic year is £30.79 million.</p><p>The
scheme is demand-led. The fall in cost between 2012/13 and 2013/14 is due to falling
demand caused by significant decline in the 16-19 cohort.</p><p> </p>
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