HC Deb 29 March 1988 vol 130 c396W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish a table showing how many students from China have studied at British(a) universities and (b) polytechnics in each of the last five years; and what subjects such students have been studying.

Mr. Jackson

The number of students from China studying at institutions in Great Britain is provided in the following table. Information on the subjects such students studied is not available.

Students from China at institutions in Great Britain
Academic year beginning in 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
University 182 212 362 594 711
Polytechnics and Colleges 41 27 48 77 117