HC Deb 24 November 1955 vol 546 cc138-40W
Dr. King

asked the Minister of Education, for the session ended 1954, the final examination results of State scholars and of State supplemental scholars, respectively, at Oxford and Cambridge.

Sir D. Eccles

The table below gives this information for the academic year ending in 1954. The figures for the academic year ending in 1953 are given in brackets:

— New entrant award holders Mid-course recipients of awards
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
State (G.C.E.) only State Supplemental only State G.C.E. and Supplemental Total of Columns 1, 2 and 3 State Supplemental
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
First Class Honours 15 (20) 5 (3) 29 (28) 5 (5) 15 (10) 4 (—) 59 (58) 14 (8) 3 (—) — (1)
Second Class Honours 43 (43) 39 (38) 150 (130) 13 (20) 28 (30) 9 (6) 221 (203) 61 (64) 6 (2) — (—)
Other Honours 11 (10) 7 (9) 44 (38) 2 (3) 2 (7) 2 (1) 57 (55) 11 (13) — (—) — (—)
Pass Degree 2 (—) — (2) 4 (9) 1 (1) 3 (—) — (—) 9 (9) 1 (3) — (—) — (—)
Failed — (1) — (1) 1 (3) — (1) — (—) — (—) 1 (4) — (2) — (—) — (—)
Premature Termination or Result not known 4 (1) — (—) 4 (7) 3 (3) 1 (2) — (1) 9 (10) 3 (4) — (—) — (—)
All results 75 (75) 51 (53) 232 (215) 24 (33) 49 (49) 15 (8) 356 (339) 90 (94) 9 (2) — (1)
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
First Class Honours 16 (17) 2 (1) 34 (52) 1 (1) 30 (24) 4 (2) 80 (93) 7 (4) 5 (1) 1 (2)
Second Class Honours 87 (58) 27 (23) 190 (208) 5 (14) 54 (39) 8 (6) 331 (305) 40 (43) 12 (5) 2 (—)
Other Honours 29 (18) 7 (8) 53 (71) 2 (1) 26 (18) 1 (—) 108 (107) 10 (9) 3 (3) — (—)
Pass Degree 4 (6) 2 (4) 16 (12) 3 (3) 3 (8) — (—) 23 (26) 5 (7) 1 (—) — (—)
Failed 3 (2) — (1) 9 (2) — (—) 2 (1) — (—) 14 (5) — (1) — (—) — (—)
Premature Termination or Result not known 1 (3) 4 (1) 5 (7) 1 (1) — (—) — (—) 6 (10) 5 (2) — (—) — (—)
All results 140 (104) 42 (38) 307 (352) 12 (20) 115 (90) 13 (8) 562 (546) 67 (66) 21 (9) 3 (2)
Scholars known to have accepted both State (O.C.E.) and State (Supplemental) awards have been entered in the appropriate column; this information was not always available. Scholars entering in 1953 and subsequently were not entitled to accept both awards