§ Dr. Wyndham Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give details of the respective total sums made in grants towards youth service activities in each of the 13 Parliamentary divisions in the City of Birmingham in the years 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, and 1964–65, and during the current financial year.
§ Mr. Denis HowellRecords of the Department's capital grants to local voluntary projects are not kept in this form, but the totals provided for such projects in Birmingham as a whole were £11,906, £8,357, £3,328, £38,209, £19,199 and £24,475 respectively, for the six years in question.
STUDENTS IN INITIAL COURSES OF TEACHER TRAINING* As percentage of admissions Academic year of admission Admissions Passes in the relevant later years† Passes Withdrawals and failures 1957–58 … … … … … 13,967 12,966 92.8 7.2 1958–59 … … … … … 14,946 13,926 93.2 6.8 1959–60 … … … … … 16,271 15,197 93.4 6.6 1960–61 … … … … … 17,403 15,557 89.4 10.6 1961–62 … … … … … 17,274 15,919 92.2 7.8 * Excludes students on post-graduate courses and on four-year combined degree and training courses. † i.e. 1, 2 and 3 years later respectively for courses of 1, 2 and 3 years duration; includes only passes at the first attempt. Within the final column headed "Withdrawals and failures", withdrawals and examination failures at the end of the course were in the approximate ratio of
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