HC Deb 10 February 1955 vol 536 c248W
Mr. Marquand

asked the Minister of Education to state for the last three years for which the information is available the numbers of State scholars and the approximate total number of students in residence at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford and all other universities and university colleges in England and Wales, respectively.

Sir D. Eccles

The figures are given in the table below. Those in the second, fourth and sixth columns relate to State scholarships of all types, i.e. those made in supplementation of university open awards, and technical and mature State scholarships, as well as those awarded on the G.C.E. examination.