asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish for the years I960, 1970 and 1975, a table showing, as a percentage of average earnings (a) the level of income at which parents became liable to contribute towards the cost of their offspring at college or university and (b) the level of income at which the local authority paid only the minimum allowance.

The following table gives the information requested for students receiving full value awards from a local education authority for degrees or comparable courses.intends to publish the results of the inquiry initiated by the Lord Crowther-Hunt into the career and educational attitudes of young people.

I am advised that the report on the survey will be completed in the early summer. Publication of a preliminary report is under consideration.