HC Deb 12 July 1985 vol 82 c540W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many universities, polytechnics and colleges teach (a) Russian language and (b) Soviet studies; how many graduates and post-graduate students have qualified with degrees or diplomas in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on his policy towards the future of Russian language and Soviet studies.

Mr. Brooke

Thirty universities in Great Britain and one polytechnic in England offer degree courses in Russian or Russian studies. Statistical returns to the Department do not make it possible to provide separate figures for courses with these titles; information about provision for these subjects in colleges of further education is not readily available; nor is it possible to provide figures for students successfully completing courses in this field leading to the Higher National Diploma. The numbers obtaining first and post-graduate degrees in Russian and Russian studies at universities and polytechnics in each of the last five years were as follows: