Cost-of-Living Pressures

Part of 4. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 4:27 pm on 14 March 2023.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 4:27, 14 March 2023

Thank you for that answer, Minister. I'm sure that, like me, you are concerned by the news over the weekend that one in five students at Russell Group universities have considered dropping out over the cost of living. I returned to education as an adult, and at the same time trying to raise a young family. It was difficult enough then. I haven't got a clue how people are going to cope now. You have mentioned, of course, the 9.4 per cent increase in student maintenance support compared with the paltry 2.8 per cent for students in England. Ahead of that in September, is there anything else that you have on the table that we can offer support to those students with?