HC Deb 27 April 1994 vol 242 c194W
Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provision is made for the support of students who have to break their studies for reasons of maternity.

Mr. Boswell

Where a student holds a mandatory award and is absent from his or her course, local education authorities have discretion to make payments up to the amount that would otherwise have been due under the Mandatory Awards Regulations. For students in receipt of discretionary awards, it is up to LEAs to decide whether to continue paying the award, in the light of their own policies.