HC Deb 03 July 1998 vol 315 c307W
Ms Buck

To 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. Howells

Parliamentary 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.