Student Travel Subsidy Scheme
Summary of Statistics
  2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010
(as at 24.2.2010)
No. of applications
received

School sector
Tertiary sector

270 731
227 524
  43 207

262 774
220 017
  42 757

249 943
207 996
  41 947
244 144
201 517
42 647
231 254
191 508
39 746
No. of successful
applications

School sector
Tertiary sector

262 106
222 947
  39 159

255 247
216 270
  38 977

243 381
204 589
  38 792
237 401
197 829
39 572
218 703
187 946
30 757
Average subsidy
School sector
Tertiary sector

$1,282
$2,565

$1,254
$2,536

$1,339
$2,680
$1,236
$2,357
$1,254
$2,414
Total amount of
subsidy provided

School sector
Tertiary sector

$386.2m
$285.8m
$100.4m

$370.1m
$271.3m
$98.8m

$377.8m
$273.9m
$103.9m
$337.88m
$244.60m
$93.28m
$309.88m
$235.62m
$74.26m