§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many licence applications have been made to date under the Consumer Credit Act; in how many instances the refusal of such licences has become the subject of appeal procedure to his Department; in how many such instances an appeal has resulted in the reversal of the decisions of the licence granting authority; and how many appeals have still to be determined.
§ Mr. John FraserSince the Act imposes on the Director General of Fair Trading the duty of administering the licensing system I am asking him to write to my hon. Friend about the number of licence applications. There have to date
In United Kingdom 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 Total Postgraduate level … 9 3 18 42 30 47 Undergraduate level … 38 64 166 196 167 95 Intermediate level … 22 28 205 535 122 164 Total … 69 95 389 773 319 306* 1,951 *The total for 1977–78 is provisional: some further awards are still under consideration. Adding the number of new awards to the number of awards continuing from previous years the total numbers of Zimbabweans studying in this country under our programmes in recent years are as follows:
1974–75 485 1975–76 1,060 1976–77 1,070 1977–78 1,100
§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Minister of Overseas Development how much money is available to her Department for grants to Zimbabwean students to further their education in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. TomlinsonMy Department's Estimates for 1977–78 included a provision of £2,809,000 for awards in the United Kingdom as part of a total provision of £3,759,000 for Rhodesian African education.