School Textbook Assistance Scheme
Summary of Statistics
  2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009
(as at 30.12.2008)
No. of applications
received
363 819 341 188 328 669 309 036 272 047
No. of Successful
Applications

Primary
Half grant
Full grant

Secondary
Half grant
Full grant

362 561

154 099
109 422
44 677

208 462
142 993
  65 469

339 708

140 093
104 365
35 728

199 615
143 147
  56 468

327 429

133 452
101 012
32 440

193 977
141 685
  52 292

308 015

121 215
90 118
31 097

186 800
135 395
51 405
 
271 596

104 000
76 695
27 305
 
167 596
123 127
44 469
Grant Rates
P1 - P6
S1 - S3
S4
S5
S6
S7

$1,818
$2,552
$2,622
$1,416
$2,152
$1,014

$2,124
$2,416
$2,468
$1,512
$2,118
$   942

$2,266
$2,520
$2,618
$1,680
$2,090
$1,000

$2,322
$2,482
$2,840
$1,676
$2,074
$   976

$2,548
$2,780
$3,062
$1,786
$2,226
$1,020
Total amount of
assistance provided
$486.7m $461.3m $465.7m $446.9m $430.7M