HC Deb 04 March 1996 vol 273 c36W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students in Wales were granted student loans in(a) 1993, (b) 1994 and (c) 1995. [17782]

Mr. Forth

In the academic year 1994–95, the latest year for which data are available, the number of loans taken out by students studying in Wales was 26,500. Corresponding figures for the academic years 1992–93 and 1993–94 were 15,900 and 20,500 respectively.