§ 16. Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate at what date the Government will recover its spending outlay on the student loans scheme proposed in the White Paper "Top-up Loans for Students".
Mr. JacksonOn the basis of the assumptions outlined in annex E of the White Paper and measured in terms of the cumulative net PSBR effect, the spending outlay will be recovered by 2013. If the cost of the access funds are included, the outlay will be recovered by 2015.
§ 25. Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the number of representations he has received for and against the Government's students loan plans.
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Mr. JacksonI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend on 22 March 1989 to the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) at column605.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what effect his proposals laid down in "Top-Up Loans for Students" (Cm. 520) will have in relation to(a) nursing students pursuing degree courses in nursing in colleges of higher education and (b) nursing students pursuing nursing education courses under the Project 2000 proposals, in receipt of a bursary; and if he will make a statement.