The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
34.
Mr. Foulkes
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the real value of student grants for 1982–83 compared with 1981–82.
Mr. Waldegrave
If retail prices were to increase by 10 per cent. between September 1981 and September 1982 the real value of the basic student grant for students living away from home other than in London would fall by 6 per cent. between 1981–82 and 1982–83.