HC Deb 25 November 1954 vol 533 cc164-5W
11. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Minister of Education the number of State scholarships awarded in the years 1952, 1953 and 1954; and how many of these were not reduced in any way by the means test for those years, respectively.

Sir D. Eccles

The numbers of State scholarships of all types (including supplemental State Scholarships) taken up in the years in question were: 1952, 3,048; 1953, 3,278; 1954, 3,349 (provisional). The information asked for in the second part of the Question is not readily available.