§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether any financial assistance is available from public funds, including EC sources, to provide grants to United Kingdom nationals taking postgraduate courses at universities in France.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe provision of awards from public funds for United Kingdom nationals undertaking postgraduate courses at universities in France is al the discretion of the award-making bodies. Information is not held centrally on the number of postgraduate award-holders undertaking complete courses in France or whose courses at United Kingdom institutions involve a period of study in France. EC funding for United Kingdom postgraduate students studying in France is available in certain circumstances under the Erasmus programme and other schemes listed in the publication "Finance for Europe: A Guide to Grants and Loans from the European Community", copies of which are available in the Library.