§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a further statement on her fee-remission policy for students in hardship in the light of the decision by the Inner London Education Authority to withdraw from polytechnic directors their discretion to remit fees, in cases of student hardship, out of a polytechnic's normal budget, which will cause self-supporting out-of-county United Kingdom students to be excluded from benefiting from her announced fee-remission policy.
§ Mr. OakesMy right hon. Friend's recommendation on this subject for the academic year 1977–78 remain as stated in Circular 1/77, a copy of which has been placed in the Library, namely, that sympathetic consideration should be given to exceptional cases of hardship particularly those involving home students not in receipt of awards. She is con638W sidering representations made to her on this issue, but it was for local authorities to determine in the light of these recommendations what particular arrangements should be made within the resources available to them.