§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the grant for students attending courses of higher education in London and living away from home from 1963–64, giving also an index adjusted for changes in the retail price index.
§ Mr. Oakes:The mandatory rates of maintenance grants payable by local education authorities to students attending courses in London and living away from 937W home are shown below, together with an index obtained by dividing these values by the retail price index for September at the start of each academic year.
Value (£) Index adjusted by retail price index 1963–64 335* 100 1964–65 335* 96 1965–66 370 101 1966–67 370 97 1967–68 370 96 1968–69 395 97 1969–70 395 92 1970–71 420 92 1971–72 65 92 1972–73 480 89 1973–74 520 88 1974–75 665 96 1975–76 810 93 1976–77 955 96 1977–78 1,145 99 1978–79 1,315 106 *The grant for student living in colleges or hostels; the grant for students in lodgings was £330.