HC Deb 25 October 1994 vol 248 c529W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what were the rates of university students' grants in 1978–

Value of The Standard Maintenance Grant and Grant Plus Loan
Academic Years Standard

maintenance grant

(cash terms) £1

 Standard

maintenance grant

plus loan

(cash terms) £2

 Standard

maintenance grant

(real terms) £3

 Standard

maintenance grant

plus loan

(real terms) £

 Standard

maintenance grant

as a percentage of

average earnings5

 Standard

maintenance grant

plus loan as a

percentage of

average earnings
1978–794 1,100 — 3,143 — 24 —
1979–804 1,245 — 3,054 — 22 —
1980–814 1,430 — 3,027 — 22 —
1981–824 1,535 — 2,917 — 22 —
1982–834 1,595 — 2,826 — 21 —
1983–844 1,660 — 2,797 — 20 —
1984–85 1,775 — 2,856 — 20 —
1985–86 1,830 — 2,780 — 19 —
1986–87 1,901 — 2,804 — 18 —
1987–88 1,972 — 2,792 — 17 —
1988–89 2,050 — 2,742 — 16 —
1989–90 2,155 — 2,680 — 16 —
1990–91 2,265 2,685 2,540 3,011 15 18
1991–92 2,265 2,845 2,440 3,065 14 18
1992–93 2,265 2,980 2,356 3,100 12 16
1993–94 2,265 3,065 2,314 3,132 13 18
1994–95 2,040 3,190 2,040 3,190 n/a n/a
1 The standard maintenance grant rate is that applicable to students living away from home and studying outside London. In 1994–95 the

corresponding London rate of grant is £2,560 and the parental home rate of grant is £1,615.
2 Since 1990–91 Student support has included grant and loan; the grant was frozen at the 1990–92 level (ie £2,265) until 1994–85 when it

was reduced to £2,040. Figures for 1990–91 and subsequent years include grant plus full year loan for students living away from home. The

full year loan for students studying in London in 1994–95 is £1,375 and £915 for those living at their parents' home.
3 Based on the September Retail Price Index of each academic year.
4 Up to and including 1983–84 students claimed, and were individually reimbursed, full travelling expenses; from 1984–85 a flat rate amount

for travelling costs was incorporated within the main rate of grant. The rates of grant for 1983–84 and earlier years exclude the excess

travelling expense element.
5 Average annual earnings approximated from weekly earnings in April from the New Earnings Survey of full-time employees whose pay

for the survey pay period was not affected by absence. This survey may not include bonuses paid at other weeks than the survey week and

does not capture seasonal work. For 1979–80–1982–83 earnings are compiled on the basis of men aged 21 + and women aged 18 +. From

1983–84 earnings are compiled on the basis of employees on adult rates.