§ Mr. John Leeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science by what percentage the number of mature student State scholarships provided by local authorities has increased or decreased during the last 12 months as compared with the previous 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Edward ShortState scholarships for mature students are made by my Department each year to a maximum of 30 students pursuing honours degree courses in liberal studies. For this year 30 awards were offered compared with 24 for last year.
Information is not available about the number of awards made by local education authorities to mature students.