HC Deb 16 January 1980 vol 976 cc776-8W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total cost in grants and tuition paid in respect of all boys receiving both grants and tuition in each year for which the Army scholarship scheme for boys aged 15 and 16 years has been operating.

Mr. Hayhoe

The Army scholarship scheme has operated since 1959, but the information requested is not available for the years before 1974. Since then the total expenditure on maintenance grants and tuition fees under the scheme has been as follows:

1974 £18,803
1975 £21,035
1976 £21,638
1977 £21,726
1978 £19,100

Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the schools in respect of which tuition fees were paid and from whose headmasters endorsements of candidatures were received and the numbers of boys from each school who have received awards under the Army scholarship scheme for boys aged 15 and 16 years, in each of the years under which the scheme has been in operation.

Mr. Hayhoe

An Army scholarship may be awarded to any boy attending a school which offers A-level courses. A list of the schools attended by current award holders is given below. It would require disproportionate effort to provide a similar list for each year since 1959.

Aldenham School
Allhallows School
Ampleforth College 7 boys
Berkhamsted School
Birkenhead School
Brentwood School
Bristol Grammar School
Cheltenham College
Cranleigh School
Danil Stewarts & Melville College
Douai School 3 boys
Edinburgh Academy
Eton College 4 boys
Felsted School
Forest School
George Heriots School
Glasgow Academy
Haberdasher's Aske's School
Harrow
Hurstpierpoint College
Ipswich School
Kings College School
Kings School Bruton
Kings School Canterbury 3 boys
Kingston Grammar School
Lancing College
Leeds Grammar School 2 boys
Lincoln Technology College
Marlborough College
Milton Abbey School 2 boys
Nottingham High School
Oundle School
Oratory School
Pangbourne College
Pocklington School 3 boys
Plymouth College
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Queens College Taunton
Ratcliffe College
Reeds School
Repton School
Robert Gordons College
Rugby School
St Edmunds School
St. Edward School, Oxford
Sherborne School 2 boys
Stonyhurst College
Stowe School
Taunton School
Tonbridge School 2 boys
Trinity College Glenalmond 2 boys
Trinity School
Uppingham School
Wellington College 2 boys
Whitgift School 3 boys
Winchester College 2 boys
Worksop School
Worth School 3 boys

Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many scholarships have been awarded to boys under the Army scholarship scheme for boys aged 15 to 16 years for education up to advanced level since the scheme began; of these awards, how many were for maintenance grant only; and how many were for the grant plus tuition fees.

Mr. Hayhoe

Since the Army scholarship scheme was instituted in 1959 1,017 awards have been made. Of the 492 awards made since 1972, 28 were for maintenance and 32 were for maintenance and tuition fees. In addition 322 boys received a refund of tuition fees only and 110 boys qualified for no financial assistance at all. This information is not available for the years before 1972.

Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many of those who received awards under the Army scholarship scheme for boys aged 15 and 16 years were from families where the net yearly income was below £5,000 in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Hayhoe

This information is not available.