{"value":{"id":428974,"askingMemberId":465,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-11-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","uin":"16890","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the higher education sector on extending the new postgraduate loans scheme to part-time taught masters students aged over 30.","answeringBodyId":26,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Innovation and Skills","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4039,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>A consultation on support for postgraduate study was launched in March of this year. The consultation sought views on the Government’s intention to introduce a new loan scheme for taught Master’s study and a review of how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate research. Consultation responses have been analysed and the Department is preparing its response.</p><p><strong></strong></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Postgraduate Education","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/428974","method":"GET"}]}