Student Debt

EDM number 625 in 1991-92, proposed by Bill Michie on 05/02/1992.

That this House notes with concern the Sheffield University students' survey highlighting the alarming level of debt facing students following government changes to the grants system and the withdrawal of entitlement to benefits, which finds that nearly 90 per cent. of students questioned in the survey were in debt at the end of October 1991, a figure not only worrying because of size but the time in question, namely 31st October, which is after the majority of students deposited their grant cheques, and shows that levels of debt were also high with 18.5 per cent., having debts over ú1,000; and further that with 57.1 per cent. of respondents to the survey intending to apply for a top-up loan in the current year and 42.2 per cent. intending to apply to the Access Fund, applications showed a significant increase from last year with 12.7 per cent. more students indicating they would be applying for a loan, and an even greater proportion, 15.5 per cent. stating they would be applying to the Access Fund than had applied in the previous year, with 44 per cent. of those respondents receiving a local education authority mandatory award not receiving the full parental contribution; further notes the particular problems faced by students on leave of absence with no income, as they are not entitled to grants, student loans or social security benefits; and calls on the Government to review urgently the situation and to unfreeze the student grant, to re-establish student eligibility to income support, housing and unemployment benefit and to allow students on leave of absence to claim social security benefits.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Michie	05/02/1992	Sheffield, Heeley		Proposed
Richard Caborn	05/02/1992	Sheffield Central		Signed
Harry Cohen	05/02/1992	Leyton		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/02/1992	Islington North		Signed
Bob Cryer	05/02/1992	Bradford South		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	05/02/1992	Leigh		Signed
Ron Davies	05/02/1992	Caerphilly		Signed
Patrick Duffy	05/02/1992	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/02/1992	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Derek Fatchett	05/02/1992	Leeds Central		Signed
Mark Fisher	05/02/1992	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Mildred Gordon	05/02/1992	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Tony Banks	05/02/1992	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	05/02/1992	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Kevin Barron	05/02/1992	Rother Valley		Signed
Tony Benn	05/02/1992	Chesterfield		Signed
David Blunkett	05/02/1992	Sheffield, Brightside		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	05/02/1992	Durham, City of		Signed
Edward O'Hara	05/02/1992	Knowsley South		Signed
Gordon Oakes	05/02/1992	Halton		Signed
Chris Mullin	05/02/1992	Sunderland South		Signed
Terry Patchett	05/02/1992	Barnsley East		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	05/02/1992	Bristol South		Signed
Ted Rowlands	05/02/1992	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	05/02/1992	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Clare Short	05/02/1992	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Dennis Skinner	05/02/1992	Bolsover		Signed
Chris Smith	05/02/1992	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
George Howarth	05/02/1992	Knowsley North		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	05/02/1992	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Ron Leighton	05/02/1992	Newham North East		Signed
Mo Mowlam	05/02/1992	Redcar		Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/1992	Mansfield		Signed
Ian McCartney	05/02/1992	Makerfield		Signed
Jim Marshall	05/02/1992	Leicester South		Signed
Alice Mahon	05/02/1992	Halifax		Signed
Eddie Loyden	05/02/1992	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/02/1992	Brent East		Signed
Terry Davis	06/02/1992	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	06/02/1992	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	06/02/1992	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Derek Enright	06/02/1992	Hemsworth		Signed
John Evans	06/02/1992	St Helens North		Signed
Norman Godman	06/02/1992	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Dennis Turner	06/02/1992	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Mike Watson	06/02/1992	Glasgow Central		Signed
John Cummings	06/02/1992	Easington		Signed
Tom Cox	06/02/1992	Tooting		Signed
Frank Cook	06/02/1992	Stockton North		Signed
Ernie Ross	06/02/1992	Dundee West		Signed
Eric Illsley	06/02/1992	Barnsley Central		Signed
Ashok Kumar	06/02/1992	Langbaurgh		Signed
John McAllion	06/02/1992	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	06/02/1992	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Elliot Morley	06/02/1992	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Keith Bradley	06/02/1992	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/02/1992	Blyth Valley		Signed
Dave Nellist	07/02/1992	Coventry South East		Signed
Win Griffiths	10/02/1992	Bridgend		Signed
David Clelland	10/02/1992	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Robert Hughes	10/02/1992	Aberdeen North		Signed
Peter Hardy	10/02/1992	Wentworth		Signed
John Battle	11/02/1992	Leeds West		Signed
Irene Adams	11/02/1992	Paisley North		Signed
Terry Fields	11/02/1992	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Joan Lestor	11/02/1992	Eccles		Signed
Robert Parry	11/02/1992	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Martin Redmond	12/02/1992	Don Valley		Signed
Ronald Brown	12/02/1992	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Paul Flynn	12/02/1992	Newport West		Signed
Roy Beggs	12/02/1992	East Antrim		Signed
Jack Thompson	12/02/1992	Wansbeck		Signed
Alan Williams	12/02/1992	Swansea West		Signed
Tony Lloyd	14/02/1992	Stretford		Signed
Peter Pike	14/02/1992	Burnley		Signed
Max Madden	17/02/1992	Bradford West		Signed
Audrey Wise	17/02/1992	Preston		Signed
Barry Sheerman	09/03/1992	Huddersfield		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	12/03/1992	Workington		Signed
Frank Doran	12/03/1992	Aberdeen South		Signed
Bruce George	12/03/1992	Walsall South		Signed

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