HC Deb 25 July 1980 vol 989 cc404-5W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students applied for courses in United Kingdom universities and polytechnics from the following countries for the academic year 1979–80; and how many from each country actually started the course they had applied for: Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Dr. Boyson

This information will take time to collate and I will write to my hon. Friend.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students from each of the following countries have applied to start courses in United Kingdom universities and polytechnics in the current year; Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, West Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Dr. Boyson

The information requested by my hon. Friend is not readily available nor have all applications been received. I will be writing to him during the next month with an assessment of the present position.