§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will up-rate the student grant, abolish the means test, abolish the discretionary system and take action to change the grants for married women students.
§ Mrs. ThatcherRates of student grants, including those for married women, parental contributions and discretionary awards, are being considered in the current review.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when students' grants were last adjusted ; to what extent ; and, taking the £ sterling as then having a purchasing value of 100p, to what extent these grants have depreciated since that date due to the fall in the purchasing power of the £ sterling.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe main rates of student grants were last increased by £35–£40 per annum with effect from September 1973. The retail price index rose by 1.98 per cent. between September and October 1973.