§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans his Department has to conduct investigations into levels of higher education student support, the relationship between income and estimated expenditure and the levels of student hardship and debt; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FormanBy this autumn, we shall have increased the level of full-year student support by nearly 40 per cent. since 1989–90. We shall commission surveys of students' income and expenditure as and when appropriate.