§ 83. Sir J. Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to standardise the scale of maintenance grants by local authorities available to students attending the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester.
§ Mr. PrenticeCourses at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, are not of first degree or designated comparable level and are therefore outside the field for which standard rates of grant are payable by local education authorities under the Education Act, 1962. The law gives discretion to local education authorities when making awards for non-designated courses, which vary considerably in scope and character, and it would not be practicable to make a change for a single establishment.