Student Funding

Part of Question Time — scottish executive – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:30 pm on 20 September 2000.

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Photo of Elaine Murray Elaine Murray Labour 2:30, 20 September 2000

The minister has mentioned that the maintenance of students at drama, dance and music colleges is funded by local authorities through the discretionary bursary system. Is she aware that more than half of Scotland's councils have now taken policy decisions to withdraw the funding of discretionary bursaries? Does that cause the Executive concern, in so far as students from some areas are unable to access funding whereas students from other areas are?