HC Deb 21 June 1985 vol 81 cc233-5W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid is provided to overseas students on the Foreign Office vote in the current year; and from which countries the students come.

Mr. Renton

In the financial year 1984–85, £70.54 million was provided to overseas students on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Vote. This money is supporting students from the following countries:

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina
  • Burma
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China (People's Republic)
  • China (Taiwan)
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Costa Rica
  • Cyprus
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Denmark
    • 234
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • East Jerusalem
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Germany, Federal Republic
  • Germany, Democratic Republic
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Guinea Conakry
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Irish Republic
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Phillipines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • St. Helena
  • St. Kitts-Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent
    • 235
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Soviet Union
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turks and Caicos
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • West Bank and Gaza
  • Western Samoa
  • Yemen (Arab Republic)
  • Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)
  • Yugoslavia
  • Zaire
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

In the financial year 1985–86, the estimated provision is £70.83 million.