Non-Residential Sixth Form Education (Costs) Mr. David Watkins asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the cost to public funds, excluding variable costs such as travel allowances, of maintaining a 16 or 17-year-old person in non-residential sixth form education assuming that he or she is living in a family of four with a household income of £6,000. Dr. Boyson As a broad indication, a recoupment rate of £1,606 has been recommended by the inter-authority payments committee for pupils aged over 16 in England in the present financial year. In addition, the parents of such a pupil would be eligible for child benefit at a current rate of £5·25 per week.