EMA scrapped in Scotland past December?

[Nemo]

tbh, the bonus' are even more of a joke than ema. ema helps me eat lunch and stuff, not what it's meant to be used for but I just wouldn't buy lunch if i didn't have it, still go to school.#

the bonus' are pointless. £100 given out for nothing, terrible in a recesion and just get spent on summer.

It's true. Although, i am a bit saddened that im not gonna get the bonuses whilst my sister lived it up with her £100s whilst i get the £30 a week only (not that that is bad, im lovin it). But what ya gonna do.

[alexxxxx]

i can understand the need for some people to get £30/week but the bonuses made no sense to me. a bonus!? i thought EMA was a means tested benefit.. not to bribe people into education.

[kk.]

The bonus was if you attended school all term wasn't it? So pointless. You only get the £30 a week if you go school anyway, so it makes no difference

[Pyroka]

the bonuses are ******* stupid but they should really get rid of it altogether

im sure the world wouldnt come to a standstill if there was no ema... well alot of teenagers would whinge and ***** but meh get over it lol

[-:Undertaker:-]

i can understand the need for some people to get £30/week but the bonuses made no sense to me. a bonus!? i thought EMA was a means tested benefit.. not to bribe people into education.

..and to bribe people into voting for the 'correct party' come election time.

This is a good move considering Scotland already has University fees paid for courtesy of the English taxpayer. I have said before anyway on this topic, EMA is spent mainly on sweets/alcohol and chippy at dinnertime lets be honest its a waste of money.

[Callum.]

Not sure how many people are on EMA, but the first result on Google comes in at 400,000 in 2006, so going by that number I'd say atleast £60 million was given out in bonus' alone.

[Alexx..]

The bonus' are a joke, I dropped out of college in December last year and I still got my EMA bonus in January, i'm not complaining cause I got £100 but still. Also, I need my EMA for this year when I go back to college, I need it to pay for the bus/train, eat lunch, go on any college trips etc also, when I pass my driving test i'll need it to pay for petrol to get to college and back.

Edit - Also, EMA aren't bribes, they're rewards for going to college... aka a bribe i suppose.

[Caution]

I'm meant to be getting it in November haha. I really don't see the point in it, when I get it (if it's still being given out), it will just be put in the bank or spent on clothes or whatever. I don't really see the logic in a bonus either, a bonus for going to school like everyone else earning above 30 grand? :L

[crazed]

My dad works, but he doesn't live with me or give my mom the money he should and at the moment my mom isn't fit enough for a job for reasons that I'm not really comforable talking about so EMA is the only bit of money I'm going to be getting other than goign out and findnind a job. It's not that I don't want to but most places wouldn't look twice if I told them my limited hours due to education/ being home to look after brothers w.e

[Callum.]

Got an EMA letter today as it goes. It says that for the 2010/2011 year the bonus scheme is no longer.