Simon Hughes
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(10 years, 6 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
I call Mr Simon Hughes, from the distant territory of Southwark and Bermondsey.
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (LD)
When I visited Liverpool to do some work for the Government on access to education, I was clear that one thing that students there wanted was the opportunity for scholarships to help with living costs. Will the Minister update us on the roll-out of the scholarship programme for young people from deprived backgrounds in Liverpool and elsewhere?
Mr Willetts
We have been able to help people from deprived areas in Liverpool and across the country through the fact that the combination of the value of the maintenance grant and the maintenance loan is higher now for people from poorer backgrounds applying to university than it ever was before.