§ 81. Mr. Blackburnasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he will give for the past three years the numbers of State scholarship holders who entered on degree courses in classics, English, history, modern languages, mathematics, medicine, or science subjects.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe numbers, which include State scholarships awarded on the results of the General Certificate of Education examination, technical State scholarships, awards to mature students 145W and awards made in supplementation of open university scholarships, are as follows:
—— 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 (provisional) Classics 215 239 263 English 246 248 203 History 268 301 314 Modern languages 384 378 408 Mathematics 270 273 296 Medicine 258 243 207 Pure science 746 772 809 Technology 351 353 383