§ Mr. E. GARDNERasked the President of the Board of Education whether the University Grants Committee is precluded from allocating financial assistance to university colleges where support is not forthcoming from local sources, or whether such assistance is to be proportioned to the amount of the support from local sources, without regard to the proved educational value of the work of the institution; its increase, if any, in numbers; its consequential legitimate requirements; and the strength or weakness of the financial resources available from which local support might be afforded?
§ Sir R. HORNELocal support is regarded as the primary factor in estimating the claims of the different institutions for additional grant aid, but the University Grants Committee are not precluded from making allowance for the other considerations referred to by the hon. Member in their grant recommendations.