HC Deb 17 June 1977 vol 933 c302W
Mr. Michael Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current annual cost to public funds of grants to (a) British students, and (b) overseas students, respectively.

Mr. Oakes

It is provisionally estimated that the cost to public funds of grants for maintenance and fees to students in higher and further education in Great Britain in the academic year 1976-77 was about £410 million for home students and about £23 million for those from overseas.