HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 c701W
Mr. Gunnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make it her policy that older students on access courses will remain entitled to older students allowance if their performance gives them access to the subsequent course they were preparing for. [5652]

Mr. Forth

Students who were enrolled on full-time access courses prior to 1 September 1995 and who transfer immediately to a course designated for mandatory awards purposes, disregarding any intervening vacation, will be eligible for the older student's allowance.