§ Mr. Pitmanasked the Minister of Education the costs per student per year at the twenty-four teacher training colleges recently listed by him, when loan charges are included; and what is the comparable expenditure in grants to voluntary teacher training colleges by name for the six receiving the greatest such grants and those six receiving the smallest.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe information is as follows:
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COST PER STUDENT AND LOAN CHARGES IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1953–54 AT CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TRAINING COLLEGES MAINTAINED BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES College Cost per student excluding loan charges Cost per student of loan charges Total £ £ £ HIGHEST COST Wynyard Hall Training College, Durham … … 557 Nil 557 Alnwick Training College, Northumberland … 465 Nil 465 Sunderland Training College … … 425 42 467 Bath Academy of Art … … 423 1 424 The Training College, Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire 418 1 419 The Training College, Bedford … … 408 23 431 City of Liverpool, C. F. Mott Training College … 406 102 508 Newland Park Training College, Buckinghamshire 394 Nil 394 Padgate Training College, Lancashire … … 381 30 411 Kesteven Training College … … 373 106 479 Bletchley Park Training College, Buckinghamshire 365 Nil 365 Trent Park Training College, Middlesex … … 364 31 395 LOWEST COST Matlock Training College for Women, Derbyshire 300 24 324 Wrexham Training College, Denbighshire … … 298 Nil 298 Weymouth Training College, Dorset … … 293 18 311 Nottinghamshire County Training College … … 291 110 401 Brighton Training College … … 290 13 303 North Riding Training College … … 288 55 343 City of Portsmouth Training College … … 285 16 301 Glamorgan Training College … … 273 3 276 Shenstone Training College, Worcestershire … 273 14 287 Normal College, Bangor, North Wales … … 249 8 257 Monmouthshire Training College … … 243 7 250 Swansea Training College … … 232 4 236 NOTE: Capital expenditure at some of these colleges was incurred under the Emergency Training Scheme and financed entirely by my Department. In such cases, the cost is not reflected in outstanding loan charges.
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APPROVED FEES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1953–54 AT CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TRAINING COLLEGES MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTARY BODIES College Approved Fees HIGHEST £ The College of the Venerable Bede, Durham … … … 370 College of S. Mark and S. John, London … … … 359 St. Hild's College, Durham … … … 335 Culham College, Abingdon, Berkshire … … … 328 Stockwell Training College, Bromley, Kent … … … 321 The Training College, Saffron Walden, Essex … … … 320 LOWEST Endsleigh Training College, Hull … … … 241 Liverpool, Mount Pleasant Training College … … … 233 Digby Stuart College, Roehampton, London … … … 223 St. Mary's Training College, Newcastle upon Tyne … … … 212 Sedgley Park Training College, Prestwich, Manchester … … … 207 Southampton Roman Catholic Training College … … … 197 NOTE: Approved fees at voluntary colleges are based on estimates and are only roughly equivalent to the cost per student. They do not cover capital costs: my grants towards the maintenance of these colleges are based on these approved fees, and in addition I pay up to 50 per cent. of their approved capital expenditure.