HC Deb 13 February 1957 vol 564 c191W
Mr. Sydney Irving

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what financial support has been given by his Department to the National Foundation for Educational Research in each year since its inception.

Sir E. Boyle

The following grants have been made direct to the Foundation by my Department:

£
1947–48 … … … 3,500*
1948–49 … … … 8,000
1949–50 … … … 5,000
1950–51 … … … 5,000
1951–52 … … … 6,000
1952–53 … … … 5,000
1953–54 … … … 5,000
1954–55 … … … 2,000
1955–56 … … … 5,000
1956–57 … … … 6,000
* This grant covered the period from the Foundation's establishment in December, 1945, to 31st March, 1948.