§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education (1) if he will state the numbers of students receiving grants from public funds which have been prematurely terminated at universities other 27W than Cambridge and Oxford, and the proportion of the numbers of such students for each of the past five years;
(2) if he will state the numbers of students receiving grants from public funds which have been prematurely terminated at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and their proportion
TABLE SHOWING (A) THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF AWARDS CURRENT AND (B) THE NUMBERS OF AWARDS PREMATURELY TERMINATED, AND ALSO (B) AS A PERCENTAGE OF (A) FOR THE ACADEMIC YEARS 1955–56 TO 1960–61 Academic Year State Awards Local Education Authority Awards Cambridge and Oxford Universities Other Universities* All Universitics Number of awards current Awards prematurely terminated Percent age terminations of total Awards Number of awards current Awards prematurely terminated Percent age terminations of total Awards Number of awards current Awards prematurely terminated Percent age terminations of total Awards per cent. per cent. per cent. 1956–57 … 5,679 32 .5 6,112 77 1.2 39,495 1,491 3.7 1957–58 … 6,336 67 1.0 6,124 69 1.1 43,658 1,690 3.8 1958–59 … 6,669 66 1.0 5,868 68 1.1 47,365 1,671 3.5 1959–60 … 6,732 63 .9 5,985 121 2 50,032 1,852 3.7 1960–61 … 6,654 47 .7 5,927 170 2.8 52,322 2,023 3.8 *Includes Technical State Scholarships held at other Institutions. The increased figures for terminations of State awards at Cambridge and Oxford during the Academic Years 1957–58 to 1960–61 and at other Universities during the Academic Years 1959–60 and 1960–61 are due to the numbers of State Students who relinquished their awards to take up posts at the Universities and for other reasons, but who were continuing their studies part-time.