The 16-19 Bursary Funding annual data return is a voluntary collection from institutions with an allocation of funding. The aim is to obtain data on the numbers of students supported in each of the Bursary Fund's defined vulnerable group categories; the number supported with discretionary bursary awards and the amount of funding spent on vulnerable group bursaries. The collection is undertaken once a year in October. It is collected directly by the EFA. From 2013/14, institutions will only be asked for data on discretionary bursary awards. Data on vulnerable group bursaries will be supplied to the EFA by the Learner Support Service (LSS), following a change in the arrangements by which institutions draw down funding for these students from this year.
