§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister for Overseas Development, of the 14,814 foreign students, financed by his Department, attending training courses in the United Kingdom in 1974, how many came from each developing country, respectively.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe breakdown, by country of origin, of the total of 14,814 foreign students and trainees in Britain financed under the aid programme during the calendar year 1974 is as follows:
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Students and trainees financed under the aid programme according to country of origin during 1974 Number of Students and Trainees Africa Eastern Africa Commonwealth Kenya 489 Mauritius 244 Seychelles 145 Tanzania 275 Ugunda 141 1,294 Non-Commonwealth Ethiopia 136 Madagascar 23 Somalia 39 Sudan 548 746 Total 2,040 Northern Africa Non-Commonwealth Algeria 268 Egypt 317 Libya 4 Morooco 20 Tunisia 11 Total 620 529W
Southern Africa Commonwealth Botswana 99 Lesotho 90 Malawi 281 Rhodesia 604 Swaziland 93 Zambia 178 Total 1,345 Western Africa Commonwealth Gambia 121 Ghana 471 Nigeria 920 St. Helena (and Dep.) 10 Sierra Leone 227 1,749 Non-Commonwealth Cameroon 113 Chad 7 Congo 21 Dahomey 28 Ivory Coast 37 Liberia 21 Mali 20 Niger 3 Senegal 25 Togo 20 Upper Volta 8 Zaire 4 307 Total 2,056 Total Africa 6,061 of which: Commonwealth 4,388 Non-Commonwealth 1,673 America Central America (and Caribbean) Commonwealth Antigua 22 Bahamas 6 Barbardos 98 Belize 79 Bermuda 7 Cayman Is. 9 Dominica 47 Grenada 19 Jamaica 168 Montserrat 17 St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla 19 St. Lucia 44 St. Vincent 28 Trinidad and Tobago 107 Turks and Caico Is. 6 Virgin Is. (Br.) 12 Gen. West Indies 1 689
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Students and trainees financed under the aid programme according to country of origin during 1974 Number of Students and Trainees Central America (and Caribbean) Non-Commonwealth Costa Rica 43 Cuba 1 Dominican Rep. 9 El Salvador 18 Guatemala 5 Haiti 4 Honduras 10 Mexico 302 Nicaragua 13 Panama 17 422 Total 1,111 South America Commonwealth Falkland Is. 1 Guyana 113 114 Non-Commonwealth Argentina 159 Bolivia 25 Brazil 317 Chile 158 Colombia 103 Ecuador 19 Paraguay 3 Peru 107 Uruguay 35 Venezuela 46 972 Total 1,086 Total America 2,197 of which: Commonwealth 803 Non-Commonwealth 1,394 Asia Eastern and South-Eastern Asia Commonwealth Brunei 3 Hong Kong 141 Malaysia 625 Singapore 219 988 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia Non-Commonwealth Burma 151 Cambodia 111 Indonesia 144 Korea (South) 89 Laos 47 531W
Philippines 122 Thailand 257 Vitenam (South) 33 954 Total 1,942 Southern Asia Commonwealth Bangladesh 516 India 1,122 Sri Lanka 443 2,081 Non-Commonwealth Afghanistan 61 Bhutan 2 Maldive Islands 2 Nepal 137 Pakistan 326 Unallocated 6 534 Total 2,615 South-Western Asia Non-Commonwealth Bahrain 47 Iran 251 Iraq 105 Israel 101 Jordan 140 Kuwait 20 Lebanon 27 Oman 34 Saudi Arabia 8 Syria — United Arab Emirates 4 Yemen, North (YAR) 22 Yemen, South (PDRY) 11 Total 770 Total Asia 5,327 of which: Commonwealth 3,069 Non-Commonwealth 2,258 Europe Commonwealth Cyprus 210 Gibraltar 61 Malta 31 302 Non-Commonwealth Greece 100 Spain 145 Turkey 331 Yugoslavia 158 734 Total Europe 1,036
Number of Students and Trainees Oceania Commonwealth Fiji 92 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 25 New Hebrides 13 Papua New Guinea 11 Solomon Islands (Br.) 33 Tonga 9 Western Samoa 10 Total Oceania 193 All Developing Countries Commonwealth 8,755 of which: Independent members 7,405 Associated States 179 Dependencies 553 Other 618 Non-Commonwealth 6,059 Total all Developing Countries 14,814