§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what expenditure he intends to incur in implementing the new income contingent student loan arrangements prior to approval of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998; and what parliamentary approval he has sought for this expenditure. [49410]
§ Dr. HowellsParliamentary approval of this new service will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the DfEE Programmes and Central services vote (Class IX Vote 1). Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £335,000 will be met by repayable advances from the Contingencies Fund.