§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department will provide mandatory grants to assist students in Wales who have been accepted to study for diplomas in mechanical and electrical engineering, such as the higher national diploma.
§ Mr. BoswellUnder the Education Act 1962, mandatory awards are already available to eligible students on designated full-time or sandwich courses for the HND or DipHE at publicly-funded insitutions. Other full-time or sandwich diploma courses may be designated for mandatory awards if they are comparable to first degree courses. For diploma courses which are not designated, local education authorities have power to make discretionary awards.