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<br /><p>The Learner Support budget is predominantly demand-led and meets the costs
of Discretionary Learner Support for grant-funded learners and the Advanced Learner
Loan Bursary Fund for loan-funded learners. It also covers the government’s costs
of the Professional and Career Development Loan scheme and Dance and Drama Awards
for young adults.</p><br /><p>The forecasted total expenditure for the 2015-16 financial
year currently stands at around £132 million. Discretionary Learner Support assists
the most learners and may equate to nearly £86 million, while the Bursary Fund may
equate to about £35 million of the expenditure. The remainder will be for the costs
of Professional and Career Development Loans (c£2.5 million) and Dance and Drama Awards
(c£8.5 million).</p><br />
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