HC Deb 08 December 1998 vol 322 c180W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to allow the use of local authority benefits data and Benefits Agency data to target Access resources for the recruitment of students to further education and higher education. [62545]

Mr. Mudie

This is a matter for those administering student support arrangements to agree locally, but I would not expect them to ask for such detailed information on individual students. Confirmation that a student or their parents are in receipt of an income-related benefit is usually all that is needed. The arrangements have operated in this way for a number of years.