§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to apply parental income tests to students entering higher46W education from EU accession countries; and what estimate he has made of the proportion who will enjoy (a) fee rebates and (b) maintenance bursaries. [164080]
§ Alan Johnson[holding answer 26 March 2004]: The Government is required under Article 12 of the EC Treaty to treat EU students no less favourably than UK students with regard to tuition fees. Parents of students from the EU accession countries will undergo exactly the same means-assessment as parents of students from England and Wales and existing member states.
It is estimated that the proportion of students receiving financial support towards their tuition fees will average those of students from the current EU countries. EU students are not entitled to receive bursaries or loans for maintenance.
§ Hugh BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many overseas students(a) in total, (b) from Africa and (c) from each country in Africa are studying (i) non-degree, (ii) undergraduate and (iii) postgraduate courses at colleges and universities. [164151]
§ Alan JohnsonThe available information covering HE study in English institutions is given in the table.
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African HE Enrolments to English HE and FE Institutions1 All HE Country of Domicile PG 1st Deg Oth. UG Total Algeria 128 203 23 354 Angola 22 67 12 101 Botswana 137 359 38 534 Burundi 3 6 7 16 Cameroon 96 70 43 209 Central African Republic 5 4 5 14 Chad 1 4 0 5 Zaire 3 18 3 24 Congo (People's Republic) 10 14 10 34 Benin 2 3 0 5 Ethiopia 100 35 17 152 Reunion 3 13 73 89 Gabon 7 15 0 22 Gambia 95 123 44 262 Ghana 919 454 237 1,610 Guinea 1 7 2 10 Ivory Coast 23 36 10 69 Kenya 686 1,493 170 2,349 Lesotho 30 5 2 37 Liberia 8 5 5 18 Libya 711 64 84 859 Madagascar 6 6 4 16 Malawi 136 90 33 259 Mali 4 9 0 13 Mauritania 3 6 2 11 Mauritius 302 874 288 1,464 Morocco 71 46 13 130 Mozambique 38 25 2 65 Niger 6 1 0 7 Nigeria 1,591 1,612 334 3,537 Zimbabwe 349 598 1,818 2,765 Rwanda 22 13 12 47 St. Helena Dependencies 4 7 12 23 Seychelles 28 126 6 160 Sierra Leone 71 39 69 179 Somalia 5 31 10 46 Djibouti 0 3 I 4 South Africa 619 235 138 992 Sudan 134 82 20 236 Swaziland 28 14 1 43 Tanzania 268 329 98 695 Togo 1 5 2 8 Tunisia 29 16 6 51 Uganda 352 183 89 624 Egypt 446 92 25 563 Burkina 1 1 1 3 Zambia 169 143 63 375 Senegal 21 7 1 29
African HE Enrolments to English HE and FE Institutions1 All HE Country of Domicile PG 1st Deg Oth. UG Total Cape Verde Islands 1 1 0 2 Equatorial Guinea 2 3 1 6 Namibia 26 12 2 40 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 1 1 Sao Tome Principe 0 0 0 0 Comoros 1 0 0 1 Mayotte 1 2 0 3 Eritrea 12 2 2 16 Total African 7,737 7,611 3,839 19,187 Total Non-EU Overseas 68217 56,412 20,696 145,325 Total EU Overseas 26,757 33,173 13,405 73,335 1Figures for HE study in HE institutions are taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and are a snapshot as at 1 December, and relate to the academic year 2002/2003. Figures for HE study in FE institutions are taken from the Learning Skills Council (LSC) and are a snapshot as at 1 November, relating to the academic year 2001/2002. Comparable figures for 2002/2003 will be available later in the year. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and the Learning Skills Council (LSC)