§ 104. Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice or guidelines he has issued to local education authorities concerning the level of student grants for 1990–91.
Mr. JacksonFollowing my right hon. Friend's announcement in December, the Department sent a circular letter in January informing local education authorities of the proposed main rates of grant and parental contribution scales for mandatory awards in 1990–91. A further circular letter about supplementary grant rates and any amendments to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations proposed for 1990–91 will be issued by the summer. The regulations themselves will be laid before Parliament in the summer and made available to local education authorities.