§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate her Department has made of the number of(a) undergraduates and (b) postgraduates undertaking paid employment during their studies due to financial hardship. [25024]
§ Mr. BoswellInformation on student employment is not collected by the Department. However, the latest student income and expenditure survey, which looked at full-time undergraduate students, found that 22 per cent, of younger students and 23 per cent, of mature students received some income from paid employment during term time.