{"value":{"id":178795,"askingMemberId":3951,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-02-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-02-12T00:00:00","uin":"907608","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to remove financial barriers to postgraduate education.","answeringBodyId":26,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Innovation and Skills","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1578,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-02-12T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>At Autumn Statement, we introduced a new offer of income contingent loans for postgraduate taught Masters courses. For the first time, anyone under age 30 who is eligible and accepted to study a Masters in any subject, will be able to access a loan of up to £10,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, to support students until these loans are in place, we have announced £50 million in 2015/16, matched funded by institutions, to make available 10,000 bursaries of £10,000.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Postgraduate Education","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/178795","method":"GET"}]}