Czechoslovak Student Scholarship Fund

HC Deb 14 October 1968 vol 770 cc49-50W

Mr. Hamling

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what contribution Her Majesty's Government plans to make to the Czechoslovak Student Appeal Fund.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The Government has decided to make a contribution of £15,000 to the Czechoslovak Student

Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what he now estimates to be the proportions of immigrant children in the Church of England Voluntary Aided, Church of England Voluntary Controlled, Roman Catholic, and maintained county, and primary schools, respectively, in the Birmingham, Walsall, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton and Warley local authority areas.

Mr. Edward Short

The following table shows immigrant pupils as a percentage of all pupils in the different categories of primary school in each area in January, 1968:

Scholarship Fund. A Supplementary Estimate will be laid before Parliament in due course. Meanwhile, the money will be advanced from the Civil Contingencies Fund.