§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will introduce a system of student grants biased in value in favour of those subjects beneficial to manufacturing industry; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldenThe mandatory grant system does not distinguish between subjects of study, and there are no plans that it should do so. The regulations do, however, allow for students to benefit from an industrial scholarship of up to £1,600 without any reduction in basic grant: and from September 1986 new tax-free bursaries will be available in addition to maintenance grants for certain students training to teach craft, design and technology, mathematics or physics.