HC Deb 20 December 1988 vol 144 cc197-8W
20. Mr. Caborn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to introduce legislation during the current session to enact the proposals in his White Paper on student finance; and if he will make a statement.

52. Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to introduce legislation during the current Session to enact the proposals in his White Paper on student finance; and if he will make a statement.

70. Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he plans to introduce legislation to enact the proposals in his White Paper on student finance; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson

Legislation will be introduced in time to enable top-up loans to be introduced in the 1990–91 academic year.

22. Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many representations he has received, since his statement on student loans(a) in support of the Government's policy and (b) expressing opposition to Government policy.

78. Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received on his White Paper concerning student loans; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received on his White Paper on student loans; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Canavan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many representations he has received about student grants and loans.

Mr. Jackson

I refer the hon. Members to the answer my right hon. Friend gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace).

23. Mr. Ian Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any plans to transfer resources from the maintenance grant currently paid to students to the recurrent grant.

Mr. Jackson

No. On the illustrative assumptions in the White Paper "Top-up loans for Students", public expenditure on support for students' living costs will show a substantial increase from 1990 to the beginning of the next century.

80. Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now withdraw his proposals for the introduction of student loans; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson

No.