The Education Maintenance Allowance is an entitlement in Scotland and is available to all eligible young people, but there is no comprehensive data which allows the Scottish Government to record who is eligible for Education Maintenance Allowance. Young people in receipt of Education Maintenance Allowance from 2006-07 to 2016-17 is as follows: Young People in Receipt of EMA; 2006-07 to 2016-17 Academic Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Total 37,480 37,275 39,000 37,230 34,780 34,390 35,515 35,470 33,180 31,735 31,675 The last analysis of the impact of Education Maintenance Allowance was conducted by York Consulting LLP and commissioned by the Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department, and was published in July 2007.