HC Deb 19 November 1968 vol 773 c239W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what numbers of Burmese students are studying in Great Britain in 1968 as compared with 1964 and 1966.

Mr. Gram

Figures published by the British Council show that for the academic years 1964–65. 1966–67 and 1967–68 the approximate numbers of Burmese students and trainees in Britain were 147, 189 and 137 of whom 84, 86 and 75 can be regarded as students. In the calendar years 1965, 1966 and 1967 there were 70, 92 and 105 Burmese students and trainees in Britain financed under the British aid programme; of these 60, 76 and 87 were students.