HC Deb 22 November 1983 vol 49 cc103-4W
40. Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the percentage and number of students in higher education (a) deemed to be in receipt of parental contribution and (b) not in receipt of a grant or full grant and, if in receipt of a partial grant, not receiving the full deemed level of parental contribution.

Mr. Brooke

It is estimated that some 245,000 of the 330,000 dependent students in 1983–84 were deemed to be in receipt of a parental contribution. About 97 per cent. of home full-time students in higher education on courses designated for mandatory award purposes obtained an award in 1981–82. No information is collected by the Department on the number of students who do not receive the full assessed parental contribution.