HL Deb 31 January 1973 vol 338 c692WA
LORD RITCHIE-CALDER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether there is any change, in the light of recent information, in the figures of postgraduate awards awarded and current in the 1972–73 university session given on December 5, 1972.

LORD BELSTEAD

Yes. I regret that my Answer to the noble Lord's Question on December 5, 1972, gave incorrect figures for the continuing and total awards made by the Medical Research Council and Social Science Research Council. Other figures also differ slightly from the information given because students have since withdrawn from courses, or had their awards extended. The correct and up-to-date figures are as follows:

POSTGRADUATE AWARDS 1972–73
Continuing Awards New Awards Total
1. Studentships
Department of Agriculture for Scotland 21 8 29
MAFF 68 52 120
DES 744 955 1,699
SED 102 71 173
MRC 539 390 929
NERC 457 439 896
SRC 3,739 3,773 7,512
SSRC 715 1,720 2,435
2. Bursaries
DES 347 718 1,065
SED 96 496 592*
SSRC 129 603 732
In addition, the ARC awarded 20 new studentships, and were administering 14 continuing studentships at the beginning of the 1972–73 session.
*Provisional.