HC Deb 21 May 1993 vol 225 cc332-3W
Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what formulae are used for calculating the grants for college fees at Oxford and Cambridge; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Boswell

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) on 22 April,Official Report column 154. The changes in college fees at Oxford and Cambridge each year take account of the change in the average unit of public funding for student places in higher education. Discussions between the Department and representatives of the colleges on fee levels for the 1993–94 academic year are currently in progress.