§ Mr. A. Evansasked the Minister of Education the number of secondary and grammar schools at which Russian is taught at present, whether as part of the curriculum or not; the total number of pupils taking Russian in these schools at present; the number of pupils who took, and the number who passed, in Russian at Schools Certificate and Higher School Certificate in 1947; and the number of students at universities who are making Russian the chief subject of their studies, divided into first, second and third-year students by universities.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe numbers of candidates offering Russian in the School Certificate and Higher School Certificate examinations in the summer of 1947 were 26 and two respectively. Seventeen of the former gained a credit in the subject. Both the candidates in the Higher School Certificate examination obtained passes. I am not in a position to answer the other parts of the Question.