HC Deb 01 June 1998 vol 313 c138W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the cost and the number of staff to be involved in administering means tests for tuition fees for students from the EU. [43974]

Dr. Howells

The cost of administering the means test will be approximately £400,000 for the academic year 1998/99 and there will be some 25 staff providing this central service.