§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister for Overseas Development what long-term plans are under consideration by the Government for the education of Zimbabwean students.
§ Mr. JuddI appreciate my hon. Friend's deep concern about this matter and I hope to be able to reply to him in the very near future.
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister for Overseas Development how many students from Zimbabwe have been refused awards by his Department; and how many of these were resident in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. JuddApproximately 1,550 applications for grants were unsuccessful, including a small number received after selection panels had sat. In the time available it is not possible to identify how many of these were from applicants resident in the United Kingdom. That fact was, however, not material to the selection panels' consideration of applications, the basis for their selection being 383W the candidate's qualifications for further education, the proposed field of study and the panels' judgment of each candidate's capacity successfully to complete the course requested within its normal term.