§ Mr. Peter Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the 50 additional scholarships made available under the Overseas Development Administration shared scholarship scheme have been applied for by polytechnics or other local authority higher education colleges; and if he will make a statement on the level of response.
§ Mr. RaisonOnly two polytechnics applied to join with the ODA in offering awards under the scheme for study to begin in the academic year 1986–87. They requested and were allocated one award each. All universities and polytechnics (central institutions in Scotland) were invited to participate in the scheme. The overall response was good but that from the polytechnics and central institutions was disappointing. We are considering ways of encouraging a better response from them in future.