Medical Students

HC Deb 10 February 1988 vol 127 cc217-8W

Mrs. Rosie Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any plans to increase the

	Total expenditure1	Authorised precept
	Cash	21987–88 real terms	Cash	21987–88 real terms
	£ million	£ million	Percentage change year on year	p	p
1983–84	855	1,018	—	77.00	91.66
1984–85	897	1,023	+0.5	80.00	91.17
1985–86	3887	954	-6.7	77.25	83.08
1986–87	4905	943	-1.2	77.25	80.53
1987–88	51,015	1,015	+7.6	79.73	79.73
1988–89	6970	928	-8.6	781.80	78.28
Percentage change between 1983–84 and 1988–89			-8.8

extra week's allowance given to medical students to the same weekly rate as the basic maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson

No. The rates of grant payable for extra weeks of attendance apply equally to all eligible students, and reflect the fact that the main rates of grant include provision for some items (like books and equipment) which is related to a full year's expenditure.