Lord Brockway askedHer Majesty's Government:
How far the fees of overseas students at British universities are funded privately or by scholarships and, if the information is unavailable, whether they will initiate an inquiry so as to evaluate how far students in poorer circumstances are denied higher education.
§ Lord EltonInformation relating to the academic Year 1980–81 is as follows:—
Sponsored Self-financed Undergraduates 5,100 10,200 Postgraduates 10,700 5,200 All levels 15,800 15,400 Students from European Community countries, who pay the subsidised home rate of fee, are excluded from the figures; 2,000 such students were enrolled at British universities in 1980–81.