§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the additional cost of awarding all students in higher education a full maintenance grant in each of the categories (a) 18 years plus, (b) 19 years plus, (c) 20 years plus and (d) 21 years plus.
§ Sir Keith Joseph[pursuant to the reply, 20 May 1985, c. 309]: The following are the estimated costs for England and Wales. They are necessarily based on a number of assumptions and thus provide an order of magnitude of the potential costs involved, rather than any precise estimation.
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Age of student Cost in 1983–84 £ million 18+ 192 19+ 163 20+ 114 21+ 65