§ 88. Mr. Mulleyasked the Minister of Education how many local education authorities in England and Wales do not now make major awards at the rates recommended in his Circular A.M. 502 to students attending full-time degree and degree-equivalent courses and to those over 18 years attending full-time diploma courses which do not entitle the holder to graduate status under the Burnham Report; and what arrangements he is making to ensure that all students, who do not receive an industrial wage at the recently designated colleges of advanced technology, get awards from their local education authority at the county major rate.
§ Sir D. Eccles135 out of 146 local education authorities have accepted my recommendation to pay major award rates to full-time students attending all courses leading to a degree or other qualification carrying graduate status under the Burnham Report. I cannot say how many authorities give major awards for full-time diploma courses not carrying that status. In answer to the last part of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Administrative Memorandum No. 530, of which I am sending him a copy.