§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research he has commissioned on the principal alternative models for(a) university finance and (b) student funding. [136454]
§ Alan JohnsonI refer the hon. Member to my answer of 30 October 2003,Official Report, column 429, in which I cited the work the Government had done on the principal alternative options considered in the Higher Education Review for student finance and university funding-namely, an increase in flat-rate fees, a graduate tax and re al rates of interest on student loans.
In addition, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills wrote a letter on this issue to my hon. Friend for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Paul Farrelly) on two separate occasions, on 11 April and 3 June 2003; both copies are placed in the House Library.