§ Mr. A. C. Reedasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what total sums have been spent on State scholarships in each year from 1930–31 until the present year; whether the Board recognises varying maxima for grants for individual scholars according to the universities they join; and, if so, what the maxima are for the different universities?
Mr. LindsayThe expenditure by the Board on State scholarships in each financial year from 1930–31 was as follows:
£ 1930–31 75,424 1931–32 83,684 1932–33 95,729 1933–34 106,145 1934–35 109,959 1935–36 116,417 1936–37 124,924 1937–38 129,324 1938–39 136,120 The number of scholarships annually available for award was increased in 1930 from 200 to 300, and in 1936 from 300 to 360.
At each university there is a maximum for grants, that is, a sum which the Board, in agreement with the university, accepts as representing what a State scholar should receive from all sources to meet the ordinary expenses of living. The State scholarship maintenance grant may not exceed £100 a year, but subject to this the amount awarded is that sum 775W which will bring the scholar's resources up to the maximum, i.e., the approved cost-of-living figure. I am sending my hon. Friend a table showing the maxima for grants at the different universities.