Master of Education Degree

HC Deb 29 June 1976 vol 914 cc140-1W

Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Government have issued any instructions to local authorities in Scotland to discontinue their policy of the payment of M.Ed. students' fees.

Mr. McElhone

No.

Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the total cost to the Government in each of the last five years of the payment of M.Ed students' fees in Scotland;

(2) how many M.Ed graduates there have been in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

I have been asked to reply.

The estimated cost to the Government of the fees of M.Ed. students supported by the Social Science Research Council at Scottish institutions in the last five years is as follows—

				£
1971–72	…	…	…	NIL
1972–73	…	…	…	660
1973–74	…	…	…	648
1974–75	…	…	…	864
1975–76	…	…	…	1323

The number of students achieving the M.Ed. degree in Scotland in this period is not available.