§ 38. Mr. Alex Carlileasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the change in real terms of the student maintenance grant between 1978–79 and 1985–86.
§ Mr. BrookeThe information for 1985–86 is not yet available. Such calculations are based on the retail price index at September of the year of entry. The rate of grant in 1984–85 was worth 91 per cent. of its 1978–79 level.