asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she can now announce the level of assistance for self-financing students from home and overseas who suffer hardship from increased fees and obtain no benefit from increased grants.

It will be for universities, authorities and colleges to determine what level of assistance to offer from the total resources available to them. These resources will include the £1 million allowance for hardship made in the rate support grant and university grant settlements for 1977–78.