HC Deb 24 March 1949 vol 463 cc56-7W
79. Mr. Chetwynd

asked the Minister of Education which local education authorities are still making loans to students; and what rates of interest they charge.

Mr. Tomlinson

I give below the names of 48 authorities in England and Wales still making loans in 1947–48. Information about rates of interest charged is incomplete, but in 10 of the 11 cases known loans were interest free. In the eleventh case the rate was 4¼ per cent.

Following is the information:

English Counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Dorset, Isle of Ely, Essex, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (Kesteven), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Sussex (West), Westmorland, Isle of Wight, Yorkshire (West Riding).

English County Boroughs: Birkenhead, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford, Burnley, Chester, Coventry, Gloucester, Ipswich, Kingston-on-Hull, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Oldham, Portsmouth, Wakefield, Wallasey, Worcester, York.

Welsh Counties: Breconshire, Denbighshire, Glamorganshire, Radnorshire.

Welsh County Boroughs: Cardiff.