§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral answer to the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) of 4 March 1998,Official Report, column 1049, on what basis he stated that Lord Dearing recommended that students should commence the repayment of loans when their incomes reached £5,000. [33485]
§ The Prime MinisterThe National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education costed a number of options, including their preferred option, on the basis that repayment of student loans would commence once a borrower's income reached £5,000 per annum.