4169
1991-92
625
Student Debt
Bill Michie
1992-02-05
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.
Bill Michie
1992-02-05
Proposed
Sheffield, Heeley
Edward O'Hara
1992-02-05
Signed
Knowsley South
Terry Patchett
1992-02-05
Signed
Barnsley East
Richard Caborn
1992-02-05
Signed
Sheffield Central
Harry Cohen
1992-02-05
Signed
Leyton
Jeremy Corbyn
1992-02-05
Signed
Islington North
Bob Cryer
1992-02-05
Signed
Bradford South
Lawrence Cunliffe
1992-02-05
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Leigh
Ron Davies
1992-02-05
Signed
Caerphilly
Patrick Duffy
1992-02-05
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Sheffield, Attercliffe
Kenneth Eastham
1992-02-05
Signed
Manchester, Blackley
Derek Fatchett
1992-02-05
Signed
Leeds Central
Mark Fisher
1992-02-05
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Mildred Gordon
1992-02-05
Signed
Bow and Poplar
Tony Banks
1992-02-05
Signed
Newham North West
Harry Barnes
1992-02-05
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Kevin Barron
1992-02-05
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Rother Valley
Tony Benn
1992-02-05
Signed
Chesterfield
David Blunkett
1992-02-05
Signed
Sheffield, Brightside
Gerry Steinberg
1992-02-05
Signed
Durham, City of
Chris Mullin
1992-02-05
Signed
Sunderland South
Dawn Primarolo
1992-02-05
Signed
Bristol South
Ted Rowlands
1992-02-05
Signed
Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney
Brian Sedgemore
1992-02-05
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Hackney South & Shoreditch
Clare Short
1992-02-05
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Birmingham, Ladywood
Dennis Skinner
1992-02-05
Signed
Bolsover
Chris Smith
1992-02-05
Signed
Islington South & Finsbury
George Howarth
1992-02-05
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Knowsley North
Peter Kilfoyle
1992-02-05
Signed
Liverpool, Walton
Ken Livingstone
1992-02-05
Signed
Brent East
Eddie Loyden
1992-02-05
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Liverpool, Garston
Alice Mahon
1992-02-05
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Halifax
Jim Marshall
1992-02-05
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Leicester South
Ian McCartney
1992-02-05
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Makerfield
Alan Meale
1992-02-05
Signed
Mansfield
Mo Mowlam
1992-02-05
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Redcar
Gordon Oakes
1992-02-05
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Halton
Ron Leighton
1992-02-05
Signed
Newham North East
John Cummings
1992-02-06
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Easington
Terry Davis
1992-02-06
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Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Jimmy Dunnachie
1992-02-06
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Glasgow, Pollok
Gwyneth Dunwoody
1992-02-06
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Crewe & Nantwich
Derek Enright
1992-02-06
Signed
Hemsworth
John Evans
1992-02-06
Signed
St Helens North
Norman Godman
1992-02-06
Signed
Greenock and Port Glasgow
Ashok Kumar
1992-02-06
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Langbaurgh
Dennis Turner
1992-02-06
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Wolverhampton South East
Mike Watson
1992-02-06
Signed
Glasgow Central
Ernie Ross
1992-02-06
Signed
Dundee West
Tom Cox
1992-02-06
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Tooting
Eric Illsley
1992-02-06
Signed
Barnsley Central
John McAllion
1992-02-06
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Dundee East
William McKelvey
1992-02-06
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Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Elliot Morley
1992-02-06
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Glanford and Scunthorpe
Keith Bradley
1992-02-06
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Manchester, Withington
Ronnie Campbell
1992-02-06
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Blyth Valley
Frank Cook
1992-02-06
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Stockton North
Dave Nellist
1992-02-07
Signed
Coventry South East
Peter Hardy
1992-02-10
Signed
Wentworth
Robert Hughes
1992-02-10
Signed
Aberdeen North
David Clelland
1992-02-10
Signed
Tyne Bridge
Win Griffiths
1992-02-10
Signed
Bridgend
Terry Fields
1992-02-11
Signed
Liverpool Broadgreen
John Battle
1992-02-11
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Leeds West
Irene Adams
1992-02-11
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Paisley North
Joan Lestor
1992-02-11
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Eccles
Robert Parry
1992-02-11
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Liverpool, Riverside
Martin Redmond
1992-02-12
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Don Valley
Ronald Brown
1992-02-12
Signed
Edinburgh Leith
Paul Flynn
1992-02-12
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Newport West
Roy Beggs
1992-02-12
Signed
East Antrim
Jack Thompson
1992-02-12
Signed
Wansbeck
Alan Williams
1992-02-12
Signed
Swansea West
Peter Pike
1992-02-14
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Burnley
Tony Lloyd
1992-02-14
Signed
Stretford
Max Madden
1992-02-17
Signed
Bradford West
Audrey Wise
1992-02-17
Signed
Preston
Barry Sheerman
1992-03-09
Signed
Huddersfield
Dale Campbell-Savours
1992-03-12
Signed
Workington
Frank Doran
1992-03-12
Signed
Aberdeen South
Bruce George
1992-03-12
Signed
Walsall South