HC Deb 15 May 1984 vol 60 c135W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many overseas students from French West African countries attended British universities in each of the last six years.

Mr. Brooke

The numbers of students at universities in Great Britain and domiciled in francophone West African countries were as follows:

Numbers
1977–78 96
1978–79 117
1979–80 89
1980–81 108
1981–82 136
1982–83 133