§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she is satisfied that the phasing-out of the tax allowances for children has not made it more difficult for parents of students on awards to make the parental contribution, particularly where the student is over the age of 19 years.
§ Mr. OakesThe arrangements for student grants for the academic years 1977–78 and 1978–79 included reductions in the parental contributions to compensate650W for the first and second stages of phasing out child tax allowance.