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Mr. Peter Bottomley
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the grant for students attending courses of higher education in London and living away from home from 1963–64, giving also an index adjusted for changes in the retail price index.
Mr. Oakes
The mandatory rates of maintenance grants payable by local education authorities to students attending courses in London and living away from home are shown below, together with an index obtained by dividing these values by the retail price index for September at the start of each academic year.
| Value (£) | Index adjusted by retail price index | |
| 1963–64 | 335* | 100 |
| 1964–65 | 335* | 96 |
| 1965–66 | 370 | 101 |
| 1966–67 | 370 | 97 |
| 1967–68 | 370 | 96 |
| 1968–69 | 395 | 97 |
| 1969–70 | 395 | 92 |
| 1970–71 | 420 | 92 |
| 1971–72 | 65 | 92 |
| 1972–73 | 480 | 89 |
| 1973–74 | 520 | 88 |
| 1974–75 | 665 | 96 |
| 1975–76 | 810 | 93 |
| 1976–77 | 955 | 96 |
| 1977–78 | 1,145 | 99 |
| 1978–79 | 1,315 | 106 |
| *The grant for student living in colleges or hostels; the grant for students in lodgings was £330. | ||