§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of students in full-time education received grants.
§ Mr. BoswellInformation is not available in the form requested.
In 1992–93, 1,192,000 full-time students below postgraduate level normally resident in England and Wales were studying at publicly funded further and higher education institutions, including universities. In the same year, 864,000 students below postgraduate level held mandatory or discretionary awards from local education authorities in England and Wales. Some of these awards will have been to part-time students, some will have been for study at private institutions, and some will have been for fees only, not maintenance grants. Because the figures for students and award holders are not directly comparable, it is not possible to calculate the percentage of full-time students who received a grant.