HC Deb 23 March 1990 vol 169 cc760-1W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many Iraqi students have been given permission to study in United Kingdom universities, polytechnics and colleges of higher and further education in each year since 1979.

Mr. Jackson

The number of full-time and sandwich students on publicly funded further and higher education courses in Great Britain institutions, whose domicile was recorded as Iraq, is as follows:

Academic year beginning Numbers
1979 2,484
1980 2,218
1982 2,239
1983 1,845

Academic year beginning Numbers
1984 1,559
1985 1,378
1986 1,420
1987 1,255
1988 918

Source:

Universities statistical register/Further education statistical register-Welsh Office/Scottish education department.