§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing the number of MOD scholarships currently being given at British universities and colleges, together with the numbers of MOD students attending each educational institution;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the courses currently being followed by MOD scholarship students in British universities and colleges, together with the names of the institutions offering these courses.
§ Mr. William RodgersMinistry of Defence does not award university scholarships as such. The following table shows the numbers of Service and civilian students currently attending courses at British universities and colleges under the university cadetship and other similar schemes:
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Aberdeen, University of 23 Aberystwyth, University College of Wales 4 Aston, University of 8 Bangor, University College of North Wales 3 233W
Bath, University of 26 Belfast, Queen's University of 17 Birmingham, University of 40 Birmingham Polytechnic 2 Bradford, University of 7 Brighton Polytechnic 4 Bristol, University of 55 Bristol Polytechnic 1 Brunel University 24 Cambridge, University of 78 Cardiff, University College of 17 City University 12 City of London Polytechnic 2 Dundee, University of 17 Dundee College of Technology 1 Durham, University of 26 East Anglia, University of 8 Edinburgh, University of 22 Essex, University of 4 Exeter, University of 26 Glamorgan Polytechnic 5 Glasgow, University of 27 Hatfield Polytechnic 2 Heriot-Watt University 5 Huddersfield Polytechnic 1 Hull, University of 7 Keele, University of 1 Kent, University of 5 Kingston Polytechnic 4 Lancaster, University of 9 Lanchester Polytechnic 13 Leeds, University of 27 Leeds Polytechnic 2 Leicester, University of 2 Leicester Polytechnic 3 Liverpool, University of 30 Liverpool Polytechnic 2 London, University of 170 Loughborough, University of Technology 28 North East London Polytechnic 2 Manchester, University of 51 Middlesex Polytechnic 3 Mid-Essex Technical College 3 Napier College of Technology, Edinburgh 1 Newcastle Upon Tyne, University of 23 Nottingham, University of 36 North Staffs Polytechnic 6 Oxford, University of 65 Oxford Polytechnic 1 Paisley Technical College 1 Plymouth Polytechnic 4 Portsmouth Polytechnic 18 Reading, University of 16 Robert Gordon Institute of Technology 1 Royal Academy of Music 1 Salford, University of 18 Sheffield, University of 27 Sheffield Polytechnic 1 South Bank Polytechnic 1 Southampton, University of 63 Strathclyde, University of 12 St. Andrews, University of 6 St. Davids University College Lampeter 1 Stirling, University of 2 Surrey, University of 4 Sussex, University of 5 Sunderland Polytechnic 1 Swansea, University College of 3 Thames Polytechnic 8 Trent Polytechnic 17
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 1 Warwick, University of 7 West Bromwich College of Commerce and Technology 1 Wolverhampton Polytechnic 1 York, University of 5 TOTAL 1186 The courses cover a wide range of subjects, among them engineering and science subjects, law, economics, politics, geography, oceanography, medicine and dentistry.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing the cost to the Exchequer of MOD scholarships to British universities and colleges during each of the last complete financial or academic years for which this information is available.
§ Mr. William RodgersIn the financial year 1975–76 the cost to the Exchequer of the Ministry of Defence's university cadetship and other similar schemes involving courses at British universities and colleges amounted to some £2.5 million.