HC Deb 20 October 1976 vol 917 c470W
Mr. Shersby

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimates her Department has made of the cost of abolishing the parental contribution to the student grant, if the tax allowance for a student were (a) abolished and (b) retained.

Mr. Oakes

For 1976–77, the approximate costs are estimated to be (a) £55 million and (b) £120 million. I draw the hon. Member's attention to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services on 23rd September, when he said that child tax allowances for students would be progressively reduced from April 1977 and that adjustments would be made to parental contribution scales to take account of the loss of these allowances.

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