§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will call for a report on how institutions of higher and further education are reacting to the withdrawing of financial sponsorship from students by industrial and commercial sponsors.
§ Mr. FormanIndustry and commerce will decide questions of student sponsorship in the context of their overall recruitment policies. It is for individual higher and further education institutions themselves to consider whether changes in the financial sponsorship of students have any implications for the particular mix and type of476W courses they provide. Any withdrawing of sponsorship by industry and commerce will not however affect a student's entitlement to a mandatory award or student loan.