HC Deb 15 December 1949 vol 470 cc316-8W
120. Mr. Morley

asked the Minister of Education how many local education authorities have implemented the recommendations on awards to students made by the Minister in July of this year in Administrative Memorandum 332, and if he will name such authorities.

Mr. Tomlinson

Up to date, 57 local education authorities have reached decisions on the recommendations made in Administrative Memorandum No. 332. Of these 53 have adopted the new rates wholly or in part, three have decided not to do so, and one has deferred a decision for six months. I give below the names of those authorities which have decided in favour of the new rates:

Following is the list:

Derbyshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (Holland), Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, East Suffolk, West Suffolk, Warwickshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Barrow-in-Furness, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bootle, Burton-on-Trent, Croydon, Derby, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Dudley, East Ham, Gateshead, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Grimsby, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, Sheffield, Smethwick, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, West Bromwich, York, Radnorshire, Cardiff, Newport (Monmouthshire), Swansea.

121. Mr. Morley

asked the Minister of Education if he will now publish full statistical information on grants now being made to students by local educational authorities.

Mr. Tomlinson

The Annual Report published by my Department includes a statistical table showing the number and value of awards made by local education authorities at Universities and Establishments of Further Education. In the Report for 1949 the table will cover the year 1948–49, and I hope also to include some particulars about awards made in the subsequent academic year.

122. Mr. Morley

asked the Minister of Education what local authorities still make loans to students proceeding for training; and which of them charge interest on the loans; and what is the rate of interest charged.

Mr. Tomlinson

I give below the names of 43 local education authorities who made loans to students in 1948–49. Information about rates of interest is incomplete, but in 11 of the 12 cases known, loans were interest-free. In the twelfth case the rate was 4¼ per cent.

Following is the list:

Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Isle of Ely, Essex, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (Kesteven), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, West Sussex, Westmorland, Isle of Wight, Yorkshire (West Riding), Birkenhead, Blackpool, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Chester, Coventry, Halifax, Ipswich. Kingston - on - Hull, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Portsmouth, Wakefield, Wallasey, Worcester, York, Breconshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Glamorgan.