HC Deb 26 June 1984 vol 62 cc407-8W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost for training a student taking the three-year course to qualify as a National Health Service registered chiropodist.

Mr. Brooke

The average cost to an educational institution is estimated to be of the order of £7,500 over the three years of the course. In some instances a proportion of this sum would be met by local health authorities. It does not include the costs of local authority discretionary awards to chiropody students, which are not recorded centrally.

the Official Report a table showing the number of visas issued by the Hong Kong Government to first-time students in each of the last five academic years under the various headings of first degree, secondary school and colleges of further education indicating any decline by percentage.

Mr. Luce

The number of visas issued by the Hong Kong Government in the last five years to first-time students attending first degree courses, secondary schools and colleges of education in the United Kingdom was as follows:

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