§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many postgraduate students, home and overseas separately, are supported from research council studentships, other Government sources, industry, overseas Governments, and are self-supporting, respectively; and how these proportions are likely to change.
§ Mr. OakesFollowing are the figures for universities in Great Britain for 1974–75, the latest available year:
Home Postgraduates Overseas Postgraduates Research Councils 11,085 — Other Government sources 11,197 549 British Council 166 2,123 University/College 1,607 613 Industry 595 130 Overseas support (including private) 341 5,145 Self-supporting 4,300 5,623 Other (e.g. charities) and unknown 2,527 1,861 31,826 16,044 In addition, in further education colleges in England and Wales there were 3,081 full-time home postgraduates, of whom about 700 were supported by Research Councils, and 283 overseas postgraduates.
Some reduction in the number of students not publicly sponsored is to be expected as fees increase, but it is not possible to foresee the likely changes in particular categories with any accuracy.