§ Mr. Gerry Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether it is her intention, by making further exemptions from the provisions of community relations legislation, to permit institutions of further and higher education to make higher charges to overseas students in self-catering accommodation than they make to domestic students.
§ Mr. Oakes:It has long been Government policy that overseas students should be charged the economic cost for residential accommodation whether with or without board. In order to remove the uncertainty that has arisen in this matter, my right hon. Friend intends very shortly to vary the approval given for the purposes of the Race Relations Act 1976 as set out in paragraph 3 (iii) of annex 1 to part II of circular 8/77 and to issue fresh guidance.