STUDENT ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS

Early day motion 117, tabled 15 December 2000 by Joan Walley (Labour). Signed by 46 members.

That this House notes and welcomes the improvements made by the Government in student funding but acknowledged that there is more to be done, especially with the change of policy by the Benefits Agency and the DfEE on how payments are awarded on a 52 week basis, not on a 43 week academic period, to students who are entitled to income support and housing benefit.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 6, Labour/Co-operative 4, Scottish National Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.