§ Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many special schools in England have been identified by Office for Standards in Education as falling or in need of special measures in each of the last three years(a) in total and (b) as a percentage of all special schools; [10352]
(2) what percentage of schools in England excluding special schools have been identified by Ofsted as falling or in need of special measures in each of the last three years. [10353]
§ Mr. ByersThe figures requested are set out in the table.
graduates' incomes, which are on average significantly higher than those of non-graduates. Parents in lower income families will not be expected to contribute to the costs of their children's maintenance while they are studying.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of average earnings the standard student grant and loan currently represents; and if he will make it his policy that that proportion is maintained in future years. [11493]
§ Dr. HowellsThe support available through maintenance grant and loan to full-time higher education students studying away from home and outside London in academic year 1996–97 represented 18 per cent. of the value of gross national average earnings as at April 1996.
Future levels of student support will be determined at the appropriate time, taking into account all relevant factors.