§ Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Education whether the extension he has announced of dependants' grants for mature students to such students studying for any length of time will apply to students who have already entered training colleges.
§ Sir D. EcclesYes. Mature students who have already enfered training colleges will be eligible for dependants' grants from September, 1961, subject to the normal requirement that they were married and satisfied the age requirement at the time when they started their course. Dependants' grants are not payable to students who marry during the period of their training.
STATE SCHOLARSHIPS First degree results 1955–56–1959–60—Oxford and Cambridge only Result 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 G.C.E. Supplemental G.C.E. Supplemental G.C.E. Supplemental G.C.E. Supplemental G.C.E. Supplemental 1st Class Honours 72 114 56 121 83 137 89 159 81 190 2nd Class Honours 411 344 450 452 498 448 545 510 527 707 3rd Class Honours 119 120 140 92 155 99 133 127 140 139 Fail … … 7 7 7 6 10 4 5 8 6 9
§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Education how many of the premature terminations for academic reasons of State scholarships and supplemental State scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in each of the years 1953–54 to 1959–60 were terminations within 12 months of the scholarships being taken up; and if he will state the nature of the academic reasons.
§ Sir D. EcclesIn 1959–60, one State Scholar and 5 holders of supplemental State Scholarships at Oxford, and 2 State Scholars and one holder of a supplemental State Scholarship at Cambridge had to terminate their courses at the end of their first year. They had failed in their examinations.
I regret that similar information for earlier years is not readily available.