asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the savings involved if local education authority grants to students no longer included an element to cover the cost of the student's annual subscription to the National Union of Students.

An affiliation fee is paid to the National Union of Students by individual student unions on behalf of their members; it is not separately identified in local authority grants to students. I understand that in 1975–76 these affiliation fees amounted to about £360,000.