HC Deb 22 May 1991 vol 191 cc499-500W
Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what support will be given from public funds towards students' maintenance in the academic year 1991–92.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary regulations, the maximum rates of loan for the academic year 1991–92 in the United Kingdom will be as follows:

Full year rate £ Final year rate £
Students living away from home:
In London 660 480
Elsewhere 580 425
Students living at home 460 335

As already announced, the main rates of maintenance grant for mandatory award holders from England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and their equivalents in Scotland, will be the same as in the current academic year. The rates for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are shown in the table; Scottish rates are slightly different.

£
Students living away from home:
In London 2,845
Elsewhere 2,265
Students living at home 1,795

These grant and loan rates will enbable full year student support in the United Kingdom to increase by 6 per cent next year.