Student Travel Subsidy Scheme
Summary of Statistics
  2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009
(as at 30.12.2008)
No. of applications
received

School sector
Tertiary sector

301 564
258 803
  42 761

270 731
227 524
  43 207

262 774
220 017
  42 757

249 943
207 996
  41 947
211 152
183 856
27 296
No. of successful
applications

School sector
Tertiary sector

279 185
240 820
  38 365

262 106
222 947
  39 159

255 247
216 270
  38 977

243 381
204 589
  38 792
192 050
180 479
11 571
Average subsidy
School sector
Tertiary sector

$1,256
$2,577

$1,282
$2,565

$1,254
$2,536

$1,339
$2,680
$1,211
$2,464
Total amount of
subsidy provided

School sector
Tertiary sector

$401.3m
$302.4m
$  98.9m

$386.2m
$285.8m
$100.4m

$370.1m
$271.3m
$  98.8m

$377.8m
$273.9m
$  103.9m
$247.12m
$218.61m
$28.51m