§ Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what has been the total cost of scholarships awarded by the British Council from 1945–46 up to March, 1950; to whom these scholarships 101W have been given; and how many of the recipients were nationals of States which give scholarships to British students.
§ Mr. Ernest DaviesThe total cost of the scholarships awarded by the British Council from 1945–46 to 1949–50 inclusive was £902,430. This figure includes awards to the Colonies and the Commonwealth as well as to foreign countries, and the total number of the beneficiaries was 1,705. The awards were of two kinds; scholarships for post-graduate students, tenable for one year or for two years and occasionally extended to three; and bursaries for technicians brought to this country for periods normally of from three to six months to study the methods employed here in their speciality. The foreign countries included in these scholarships and bursaries were 58 in number, and 470 of the beneficiaries came from 16 countries which give scholarships to British students.