§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, why Scottish Education Department grants to students studying at Oxford, Cambridge and London are higher than grants payable to students studying at Scottish universities.
§ Mr. RossThe rates of grants for students living away from home paid to undergraduate university students at 473W Oxford, Cambridge and London Universities, both by the Scottish Education Department and by local education authorities in England and Wales, are higher than the rates paid to such students at other universities in Great Britain. This is because the Standing Advisory Committee on Grants to Students in 1962 and 1965 and the Advisory Panel on Student Maintenance Grants in 1968 found that the expenses of students at these three Universities were substantially greater and recommended accordingly.