HC Deb 12 February 1988 vol 127 c372W
Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimates he has made of the financial effect of indexing maintenance grants for each category of student.

Mr. Jackson

The cost would depend on the index used and the date from which grants were assumed to be adjusted. In the 1988–89 academic year the main rates of student grant will be increased broadly in line with inflation.