§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if, pursuant to her reply of 13 December 2001,Official Report, column 960W, she will list each financial means test applied under education legislation. [26652]
§ Margaret HodgeWe apply means tests, either directly or indirectly, for the following educational purposes:
Schools—free school meals (and free milk where available); remission of charges for board and lodging payments on residential school trips; assisted places scheme; music and dance scheme
Post-compulsory Education—education maintenance allowances; learner support funds which are made up of: access funds, child care support funds, residential bursaries; dance and drama awards
Higher Education—student support including: grants towards tuition fees, student loans, including hardship loans; additional grants for students with dependants, including dependants grants, school meals grants and child care grants; hardship funds and bursaries, including opportunity bursaries and access bursaries; loans, hardship funds and fee remission for part-time students.