§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the expenditure by the Government in(a) 1994–95 and (b) 1995–96 upon Commonwealth scholarships; and what estimate he has made of expenditure in 1996–97. [20046]
§ Mr. HanleyThe Government provided £63.5 million for awards for commonwealth students in 1994–95. Figures for 1995–96 are not yet available but are likely to be broadly similar.
The expenditure on awards for commonwealth students is likely to fall in 1996–97 due to reductions in the various budgets from which awards are funded, and policy changes affecting the pattern of training within the United Kingdom's bilateral country aid projects.