Whether it intends to commission research into the impact of the abolition of the graduate endowment fee.

Initial evidence on how the abolition of the graduate endowment fee has impacted on young peoples'' decision to study should be available from the Student Income, Expenditure and Debt Survey (SIEDS) which is due to be published in late spring 2009. We will consider commissioning specific research into the impact of the abolition of the graduate endowment fee once the findings of this survey have been analysed. This will also be subject to sufficient resources being available to fund any further work.