HC Deb 07 October 2003 vol 411 cc164-5W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when it will be possible to approve access agreements for higher education institutions for incorporation in their prospectus for potential students; and what assessment he has made of the implications for a student who is accepted for entry by a higher education institution of cases where(a) an access agreement has not been concluded and (b) an access agreement has been reached and promulgated but is subsequently modified. [131541]

Alan Johnson

We expect the Office for Fair Access to approve access agreements in time for universities to inform prospective students' applications to higher education. We therefore expect agreements to be in place before students are accepted for places and would not expect the agreement to change in respect of a students already committed to a course once it has been approved.