HC Deb 12 June 1980 vol 986 cc292-6W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many overseas students are currently in receipt of financial assistance from Her Majesty's Government for the purposes of study at universities and colleges of further education in the United Kingdom; and of which countries these students are nationals.

Dr. Boyson

Under the 1979 aid programme 10,581 overseas students received substantial financial assistance from Her Majesty's Government. The principal countries of origin were Zimbabwe, India, Malaysia, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Bangladesh, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Mexico. Fees paid by or on behalf of all overseas students in the academic year 1979–80 represented on average only some 40 per cent, of the cost of courses.

Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students from each of the member States of the United Nations were registered at universities and colleges of further education in the United Kingdom on the most recent date for which figures are available.

Dr. Boyson

The information is listed below.

Universities Further education Total
New Zealand 152 64 216
Nigeria 1,393 4,480 5,873
Papua New Guinea 10 11 21
St. Lucia 5 15 20
Seychelles 23 37 60
sierra Leone 118 244 362
Singapore 946 838 1,784
Solomon Islands 11 5 16
Sri Lanka 423 1,643 2,066
Swaziland 27 39 66
Tanzania 212 432 644
Trinidad and Tobago 104 212 316
Uganda 89 127 216
Zambia 279 606 885
Other countries
Afghanistan 25 34 59
Albania 1 1
Algeria 568 383 951
Angola 3 3
Argentina 57 28 85
Austria 27 21 48
Bahrain 44 270 314
Belgium 88 87 175
Benin 1 1
Bhutan 2 2
Bolivia 6 9 15
Brazil 440 69 509
Bulgaria 1 8 9
Burma 27 15 42
Burundi 3 3 6
Cameroon 68 83 151
Cape Verde Islands
Central African Empire 1 1 2
Chad 1 6 7
Chile 179 177 356
China 31 75 106
Colombia 119 65 184
Comoros
Congo 2 2
Costa Rica 32 0 38
Cuba 2 2
Czechoslovakia 5 6 11
Denmark 85 73 158
Dominican Republic 3 3
Equatorial Guinea 1 1
Ecuador 21 11 32
Egypt 633 197 830
El Salvador 18 19 37
Ethiopia 49 57 106
Finland 50 38 88
France 205 295 500
Afar and Issas 3 10 13
Gabon 1 4 5
German Democratic Republic 8 8 16
Germany, Federal Republic o† 718 301 1,019
Greece 1,737 1,399 3,136
Guatemala 5 1 6
Guinea and Guinea-Bissau
Haiti 5 5
Honduras 3 7 10
Hungary 8 7 15
Iceland 102 45 147
Indonesia 199 428 627
Iran 1,952 7,136 9,088
Iraq 1,386 1,079 2,465
Ireland, Republic of 281 375 656
Israel 182 205 387
Italy 244 86 330
Ivory Coast 11 54 65
Japan 302 245 547
Jordan 412 1,456 1,868
Universities Further education Total
Kampuchea 1 3 4
Kuwait 179 467 646
Laos 9 9
Lebanon 180 299 479
Liberia 8 19 27
Libya 161 852 1,013
Luxembourg 32 9 41
Madagascar 8 8
Maldives 1 6 7
Mali 4 15 19
Mauritania 3 6 9
Mexico 338 89 427
Mongolia 3 3
Morocco 30 17 47
Mozambique 4 10 14
Nepal 37 14 51
Netherlands 147 181 328
Nicaragua 7 5 12
Niger 6 11 17
Norway 375 278 653
Oman 12 91 103
Pakistan 487 499 986
Panama 10 12 22
Paraguay 3 2 5
Peru 64 24 88
Philippines 51 24 75
Poland 33 31 64
Portugal 226 102 328
Qatar 10 72 82
Romania 2 2 4
Rwanda 1 3 4
Saudi Arabia 200 211 411
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal 11 15 26
Somali Democratic Republic 17 20 37
South Africa 356 312 668
Soviet Union 15 14 29
Spain 140 88 228
Sudan 529 343 872
Surinam 2 2 4
Sweden 60 55 115
Syria 116 99 215
Thailand 214 373 587
Togo 10 2 12
Tunisia 6 30 36
Turkey 787 673 1,460
United Arab Emirates 25 210 235
USA 2,785 925 3,710
Samoa, Western
Upper Volta 2 1 3
Uruguay 6 6 12
Venezuela 478 424 902
Vietnam 17 20 37
Yemen Arab Republic 23 40 63
Yemen, Peoples Democratic Republic 8 17 25
Yugoslavia 39 10 49
Zaire 4 13 17
Total United Nations excluding United Kingdom 31,259 43,228 74,487
Full-time and Sandwich Students from United Kingdom 259,084 520,689 779,773
Total Full-time and Sandwich Students from United Nations Member Countries 290,343 563,917 854,260