§ Mr. Matthewsasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what arrangements have been made to pay to the Singapore Government the defence aid referred to in paragraph 3(b)(iii) of his reply to the Question by the hon. Member for Tonbridge (Mr. Hornby) on 18th July.
§ Mr. SandysIn my statement on 18th July on financial assistance to Malaysia, 37W I mentioned that the British Government had offered to pay the cost of raising, equipping and accommodating the Second Battalion of the Singapore Infantry Regiment up to Malaysia Day, at a maximum cost of $10 million (£1.17 million).
This sum was intended as a reasonable retrospective reimbursement to the Singapore Government for expenditure incurred on defence. It subsequently became apparent that the full sum offered could not be expended by the Singapore Government purely on the Second Battalion of the Singapore Infantry Regiment before Malaysia Day (16th September). In these circumstances the British Government decided that the balance should be treated as reimbursement for other military expenditure in-
STUDENTS ADMITTED TO, AND COMPLETING INITIAL COURSES OF TEACHER TRAINING* Years of admission academic years) Men Women Admissions Passes Failures Admissions Passes Failures 1951–52† … 2,742 2,561 77 9,120 8,325 266 1952–53 … … 2,936 2,762 112 9,213 8,489 245 1953–54 … … 2,931 2,786 67 9,257 8,645 179 1954–55 … … 3,045 2,859 98 9,599 8,954 226 1955–56 … … 3,054 2,857 74 9,628 9,045 180 1956–57 … … 3,179 2,980 84 10,088 9,428 224 1957–58 … … 3,529 3,242 101 10,438 9,724 274 1958–59 … … 4,106 3,864 127 10,840 10,062 278 1959–60 … … 4,932 4,632 173 11,339 10,565 305 *Postgraduate students and those in four-year combined degree and training courses (admissions in 1961–62: 342 and 186 students respectively) are omitted from the table, but those in other one-year courses in university departments of education (7 in 1961–62) are included. † Excluding students at technical teacher training colleges, of whom nearly 200 men and 60–70 women were admitted in each of the immediately following years. Analysis of entrants after the academic year 1959–60, i.e., in courses ending in the academic year 1962–63, is not yet complete.