Mr. van Stranbenzeeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what he estimates to be the cost of including National Insurance contributions as one of the allowances to be deducted from gross parental income in assessing the parental contribution to be made towards a student grant.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsIt is not possible to give a precise estimate, but the cost in 1968–69* would be likely to be over £1 million.
§ Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students in higher education are in receipt of the minimum grant of £50 only.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsIn Great Britain in the academic year 1966–67 there were 13,300 students in higher education receiving the minimum grant.
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§ Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science in respect of how many higher education students is the parental contribution towards their grant at present assessed as nil; and by how many this number will rise under the scale to be introduced in the autumn.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsIt is estimated that in 1968–69 there would have been about 75,000 students in Great Britain receiving maximum grant under the present arrangements for parental contributions. Following the introduction of the revised arrangements in September this figure will be of the order of 110,000.