§ Mr. Merlyn Reesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will take steps to provide that allowances should be paid in cases of hardship for dependants of students.
§ Mr. M. StewartI propose to make regulations shortly amending the University and Other Awards Regulations 1962. Under the amended regulations, local education authorities will have discretion to make allowances in hardship cases to dependant; of award-holders who are at present not entitled to such allowances. I propose also to relax the standard required for a duty award by a holder of an Ordinary National Certificate or Diploma; and to eliminate certain anomalies which have been revealed by experience of working these regulations.