§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of parents he estimates do not make their full contributions towards their children's student grant; and what estimate he has made of the numbers involved as a result of his decision not to increase the threshold of parental contributions from its present level of a residual income of £6,600 in 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI have no information on which to base such estimates.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current amount of the grant for a student living away from home (a) outside London and (b) inside London; what was the value of the grant at constant prices for each year since 1960; and what will be the value of the grant in constant prices in 1982–83.
Mr..WaldegraveThe 1981–82 maintenance grant for a student living outside London is £1,535 and inside London is £1,825. Measured at 1981–82 prices the value of the 1982–83 grant will be £1,450 and £1,727 respectively.
The following table gives the information requested for earlier years:
Current Prices Constant Prices (1) (2) (3) (4) Outside London London Outside London London 1960–61 255 280 1,566 1,720 1961–62 280 305 1,645 1,792 1962–63 320 335 1,820 1,905 1963–64 320 335 1,788 1,872 1964–65 320 335 1,714 1,794 1965–66 340 370 1,738 1,891 1966–67 340 370 1,677 1,825 1967–68 340 370 1,653 1,799 1968–69 360 395 1,653 1,813 1969–70 360 395 1,573 1,726 1970–71 380 420 1,550 1,714 1971–72 430 465 1,597 1,727 1972–73 445 480 1,542 1,664 1973–74 485 520 1,540 1,652 1974–75 605 665 1,640 1803 1975–76 740 810 1,585 1,735 1976–77 875 955 1,641 1,791 1977–78 1,010 1,145 1,637 1,856 1978–79 1,100 1,315 1,654 1,978 1979–80 1,245 1,485 1,607 1,917 1980–81 1,430 1,695 1,593 1,888 1981–82 1,535 1,825 1,535 1,825
Mrs. RenéeShort asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students currently 34W receive the minimum grant of £410 from their local education authorities; and what increase in this figure he expects as a result of his decisions on student grants for 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIt is estimated that some 30,000 students in England and Wales currently receive the minimum maintenance grant. No substantial increase in this figure is expected as a consequence of the announcement of the rates of student grant for 1982–83.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many extra students he estimates will need to have their grants partly paid by parental contributions as a result of the decision not to increase the threshold for parental contributions from its present level of a residual income of £6,600 in 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 December last.—Vol. 14,c.321–22.]
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students received (a) full mandatory grants and (b) grants plus parental contributions from their local education authority in 1980–81; what percentage of the total student population these two groups represent; and what are the comparable figures for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information requested for the years for which it is available is as follows:
Thousand students receiving awards from LEAs in England and Wales Cols. 1 and 2 as percentages full time and sandwich home student population in England and Wales Full grant Grant and parental Contribution (1) (2) (3) (4) 1976–76 120 258 31 66 1976–77 125 252 32 64 1977–78 124 249 32 64 1978–79 132 237 34 61 1979–80 144 225 37 58 1980–81 prov. 155 220 39 55