§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the additional cost of awarding child benefit payments to all parents of students in full-time higher education whose children are disqualified from receiving grants by virtue of the level of their parents' income.
§ Mr. NewtonThe additional cost would be £25 million a year, on the basis that entitlement to child benefit would extend beyond the present age limit of 19, and that no provision was made for those students receiving grants tapered according to the level of their parents' income.