§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Lord Privy Seal how many students there are from developing countries which have
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1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Total Algeria — — 1 — 1 Antigua — 1 — — 1 Argentina 4 — — — 4 Bangladesh 19 18 7 1 45 Brazil 2 1 3 4 10 Cameroon — 2 1 2 5 Chile — 1 1 1 3 Colmbia 5 5 3 2 15 Cyprus 3 7 9 4 23 Dominica — 1 — — 1 Ecuador — 1 1 — 2 Egypt 29 31 29 15 104 Fiji — — — 1 1 Ghana 4 5 6 1 16 Guyana — — 2 2 4 Hong Kong 54 51 53 30 188 India 43 39 31 20 133 Indonesia — 2 4 2 8 Jamaica — — 1 — 1 Jordan 15 25 30 12 82 Kenya 4 3 1 — 8 Korea — 1 2 2 5 Lebanon 8 7 5 2 27 Malawi — — — 1 1 Malaysia 45 60 103 26 234 Malta — — 1 1 2 Mauritius 5 2 9 1 17 Mexico 3 1 2 1 7 Morocco — 1 1 — 2 Nigeria — — 52 17 69 Pakistan 32 20 21 8 81 Peru — — 1 1 2 Portugal 1 2 4 3 10 Senegal — — — 1 1 Sierra Leone — 1 — 2 3 Singapore 23 19 37 9 88 Sri Lanka 29 21 25 10 85 Sudan 1 2 6 8 17 Syria — 1 1 — 3 Teazania 1 — 1 — 2 Thailand 12 8 3 6 29 Trinidad/Tobago 3 — 1 2 6 Turkey 13 8 16 6 43 Uganda — — — 3 3 Zambia 2 — — 1 3 Total 361 346 476 212 1395 The main classes of subjects studied have been engineering, natural science, social sciences, medical science and agriculture. technical operations with the United Kingdom and are eligible for fee support awards; and if he will indicate the number of students each year since the inception of the scheme, their countries of origin, and the main class of subjects studied.
§ Mr. HurdThe ODA fee support scheme provides awards to selected privately financed postgraduate students from developing countries who are enrolled on courses of development value and who after arrival in Britain have suffered financial hardship. In view of the nature of the latter criterion, it is not possible to estimate how many students are eligible but applications have in most years been of the order of 500.
Since the scheme began in the academic year 1977–78 the countries of origin of students to whom new awards have been made has been as follows: