The latest statistics on applications for student finance, tuition fee loans and tuition fee grants awarded, produced by the Student Loans Company.

The key points from the latest release are:

• In the 2009/10 academic year to date, a total of 23,220 applications had been received for student support in Wales.
• 18,600 applications had been received for tuition fee loans; 14,050 students had been awarded a tuition fee grant.

Further information is available on the Statistics for Wales website.