HC Deb 15 April 1926 vol 194 cc476-7
40. Mr. DUCKWORTH

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many sugar-beet factories have obtained advances under the Trade Facilities Act; and whether he will give their names in each case, with the respective amounts of capital involved?

Mr. McNEILL

The State does not make advances under the Trade Facilities Scheme; its assistance is given in the form of guarantees in respect of loans raised for capital expenditure. The guarantees which the Treasury had expressed its willingness to give in connection with sugar beet to the 31st March, 1926, were:

£
Anglo-Scottish Beet Sugar Corporation, Limited 370,000
West Midland Sugar Company, Limited 150,000
Orchard Sugar Company, Limited 80,000
Second Anglo-Scottish Beet Sugar Corporation, Limited 865,000
Central Sugar Company, Limited 185,000
£1,650,000

THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO DATE, AND THE AVERAGE COST PER HEAD IN EACH CLASS OF SCHOLARSHIP IS AS FOLLOWS:—
— Number of Awards. Average cost per head of completed Scholarships. —
£
Class I … 38 686 Fees for tuition, examinations, etc, £161. Maintenance (including outfit, travelling, etc.), £525.
Class II … 45 373 Fees for tuition, examinations, etc., £79. Maintenance (including outfit, travelling, etc.), £294.
Class III … 395 94 Fees for tuition, board, residence and laundry, £67. Clothes, subscriptions text books, travelling, pocket money etc., £27.
478
The average costs given above are based on the actual amounts spent on completed awards, and the figure for Class I relates to three-year scholarships, as none of the four-year scholarships has yet been completed.

I have asked the Central Scholarships Committee to examine the working of the scheme during the experimental period which ends this year, and to formulate, for my consideration, their views upon its future.

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