§ Mr. Steelasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what response he has made to the National Union of Students' survey, a copy of which has been sent to him, regarding the extent of parental contributions towards students' grants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Keith JosephI have not yet received a copy of the full report of the survey. I was, however, encouraged to note that the provisional summary of findings published by the NUS suggested that in 1982–83 some 53 percent. of students holding mandatory awards whose grants were reduced by an assessed parental contribution received amounts equalling or exceeding the assessed contribution from their parents, as compared with only 27 per cent. in 1974–75.