HC Deb 13 July 1987 vol 119 c393W
Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the percentage of students in receipt of SED awards who receive the maximum parental contribution.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

In academic session 1985–86, the latest period for which figures are available, 21.1 per cent. of SED award-holding students received no standard maintenance allowance, either because their parents were assessed as liable for the maximum parental contribution or because no claim for maintenance was made.

Information on parental contributions actually made is not available; that is a matter between the students and their parents.