§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services for which purposes foreign students in the United Kingdom can draw social security benefits; to what extent these benefits are allowable; on what conditions; how much and what was the actual or estimated weekly, monthly or annual payments to these people; whether any attempts are made to recover these payments; and with what success.
§ Mr. OrmeStudents from overseas can only get supplementary benefit, which is normally not recoverable, when there is unexpected hardship—e.g., if their funds
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(4) what would be the sum of money realised for further use if the redundant hospitals in the South-West Region were sold.
§ Dr. OwenThe following table provides the information in respect of the eight hospitals in the South-Western Region which have been closed and declared surplus to requirements but not yet sold.
from home have been cut off by some action outside their control. Each claim is considered on its merits in the light of such factors as the availability of funds from other sources, the point reached in the course of study, and the student's own future plans. No separate records are kept of such cases; the number is known to be very small.