Question reference: S1W-01809
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 5 October 1999
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Current status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 15 October 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it will make to ensure payment is made immediately to the 60 students at the Galashiels Heriot-Watt campus who have not yet received their loan cheques.
Answer
The Student Awards Agency for Scotland is currently processing the vast majority of properly completed applications within its target of 28 days from the date of receipt and is passing the necessary information on loans to the Student Loans Company Limited. Neither the Agency nor the Company is aware of any particular problem relating to students attending the Galashiels Heriot-Watt campus, although some recently received applications will still be in the course of being dealt with.
If there are individual cases of particular difficulty, the Chief Executive of the Agency will be happy to make enquiries on receipt of the relevant details.Students who are experiencing financial difficulty because their loan cheque is not available can seek temporary help from the University's Access Funds.