HC Deb 29 November 2000 vol 357 c652W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what comparative studies he has commissioned into the rate of change of rents for student accommodation and public resources available to students. [140399]

Mr. Wicks

No study has been commissioned to look specifically into the rate of change of rents for student accommodation. However, every three years the DfEE commissions research which monitors HE students' income and expenditure. The Student Income and Expenditure Report 1998–99 is due to be published in December 2000.