HC Deb 26 January 1987 vol 109 cc14-5W
Mr. Sean Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what occasions since June 1979 his Department had to introduce amending legislation to (a) legislation introduced since June 1979 because of doubts about legality or because such legislation had been successfully challenged in the courts and (b) amend or withdraw orders introduced since June 1979, because of doubts about legality or because such orders had been successfully challenged in the courts.

Mrs. Rumbold

The Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 was introduced to make provision with respect to the fees to be charged by universities and other institutions to students not having the requisite connection with the United Kingdom and for the exclusion of such students from eligibility for certain discretionary awards, following the decision of the House of Lords in Rv. Barnet London Borough Council Ex parte Nilish Shah [1983] 2AC 309 that the phrase "ordinarily resident", in section 1 of the Education Act 1962 had a meaning other than that which it had previously been held to have. Regulations made under sections 1 and 3 of that Act were also changed in consequence of that decision.

The Block Grant (Education Adjustments) (England) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/2030) included a new formula for calculating the contributions of local authorities in relation to expenditure on advanced further education, following the decision of the Divisional Court in R v. Secretary of State for Education and Science, Ex Parte Inner London Education Authority (1985) The Times 20 June.