§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to increase funds for unemployed students or students in hardship enrolled on Open University courses.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe Open University's recurrent grant for 1983 includes £500,000 to assist unemployed students with their fees. There are no plans to increase this sum. The University also allocates funds each year to alleviate hardship—the amount in 1982 was £405,000.