§ Mr. Tylerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will ask the various research councils to make an explicit London allowance for postgraduate student grants, where appropriate, on a comparable level to those provided for undergraduates.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe question of a London allowance for postgraduate students is at present under consideration.
§ Mr. Tylerasked the Seretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the comparative figures for an undergraduate student grant, at London University or a similar higher educational establishment, and for a postgraduate student grant at a similar establishment in London.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe current rates of grant for a student living away from home and attending an educational institution in London are: (a) undergraduate, £520 p.a.; (b) postgraduate, £695 p.a. New levels of grant will be effective from 1st September 1974.
§ Mr. Tylerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the weekly grant figure for an undergraduate student, with a 30-week annual period of study, compared with the equivalent sum for a post-graduate, with a 44-week period of study.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe current rates of grant for an undergraduate student with a 30-weeks' annual period of study are:
22WLiving away from home:
(i) London … … £520 p.a. Elsewhere … £485 p.a. At Home … … £390 p.a. Figures for a postgraduate student with a 44-weeks' period of study are:
Living away from home … £695 p.a. At Home … £540 p.a. New levels of grant will be effective from 1st September 1974.