HC Deb 04 February 1986 vol 91 c112W
37. Mr. Bruce

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information is available to his Department in respect of the expected change in the average income of full-time students between 1978 and the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Walden

The Department does not collect information on student incomes. For those full-time students in receipt of full value awards, the average maintenance award rose from £1,007 in the academic year 1977–78 to £1,748 in 1983–84 including assessed contributions from parents and spouses, and from £727 to £1,311 over the same period excluding such contributions.