§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT under the headings of the relevant local authorities the names of those schools where pupils were attending for less than the normal hours for most of September due to shortages of staff, with the number of pupils concerned at each school and within each authority.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasLocal education authorities have reported 22 schools:
ments and how many award degrees in Russian.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThirty universities in Great Britain have degree courses in which Russian language is an essential 33W element; of these, 18 have Departments of Russian or of Slavonic Studies.
§ Mr. Moyleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students were taking courses in Russian at universities in each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasStatistics are available only for the years 1965–71. The number of full-time students taking courses in Russian at universities in Great Britain for these years are as follows:
Under-graduate Post-graduate Total 1965 368 49 417 1966 450 72 522 1967 560 97 657 1968 653 91 744 1969 637 86 723 1970 631 100 731 1971 619 59 678
§ Mr. Moyleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many A-levels have been awarded in the Russian language in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThe number of passes in the summer examinations have been:
1964 347 1965 490 1966 480 1967 581 1968 633 1969 614 1970 619 1971 705 1972 655 1973 568 (provisional figure)