§ Mr. J. Glanvilleasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the amount of money that has been spent in the various districts of the Miners' Welfare Commission by way of grants to mining students and other students, respectively.
Major Lloyd GeorgeTwenty-one of the District Miners' Welfare Committees have made grants, to the amount of £56,456, to 1,008 students. All the students were coal mine workers, or the dependents of such workers, and 181 of the grants, to an amount of £11,651, were for further education in mining. These grants from the district funds are in addition to the scholarships, exhibitions and other forms of educational grants made by the Miners' Welfare Commission out of its general fund.