Overseas Scholarships

HC Deb 25 March 1987 vol 113 cc174-7W

Mr. Bowen Wells

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list scholarships awarded, and the numbers of students attending British universities, polytechnics and schools from each country in the Caribbean and central America by (a) Overseas Development Agency, (b) Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (c) British Council, including those awarded under technical co-opertion for the last five years, showing also how much they cost and where they were held.

Mr. Eggar

I regret that detailed information on individual scholarships is not readly available in the form requested by my hon. Friend and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. no scholarships are awarded to schoolchildren from overseas. Details of the numbers of awards made and overall expenditure by country are as follows:

	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Country	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards
Caribbean
Anguilla	32,400	8	13,800	4	5,538	1	3,600	1	27,300	5
Antigua and Barbuda	31,900	9	25,900	10	31,153	6	35,500	7	26,400	4
Barbados	165,700	49	190,800	45	177,457	45	132,600	42	89,300	33
British Virgin Islands	22,400	9	25,600	12	28,566	11	31,900	8	40,900	9
Dominica	38,800	15	47,900	17	69,003	16	39,100	12	58,100	13
Dominican Republic	22,900	8	11,200	4	19,683	3	17,300	3	20,300	3
Grenada	11,900	4	11,900	4	26,459	7	91,100	20	116,800	23
Guyana	130,400	32	136,200	35	144,402	32	171,800	31	127,300	28
Jamaica	86,500	25	101,900	30	142,162	30	138,700	33	114,200	25
Montserrat	13,300	7	38,100	9	32,850	9	47,800	12	10,000	4
St. Kitts and Nevis	57,000	19	39,000	9	12,194	4	31,200	6	39,700	7
St. Lucia	56,200	16	61,000	18	22,341	11	72,200	14	39,300	12
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41,000	13	41,100	13	49,541	10	61,300	16	48,200	11
Turks and Caicos	29,300	11	24,700	10	32,416	9	33,700	9	44,200	8
Total Caribbean	739,700	225	769,100	220	793,765	194	907,800	214	802,000	185

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Diplomatic Wing) Schemes (did not exist prior to 1983–84)
	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Country	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards
Central America
Costa Rica									20,124	6
Mexico					40,749	7	102,695	20	94,588	34
TOTAL CENTRAL AMERICA					40,749	7	102,695	20	114,712	40
Caribbean
Bahamas					7,500	1	16,138	4	25,270	9
Barbados					30,000	5	32,052	4	56,775	17
Bermuda					43,370	35	30,326	21	35,425	20
Cayman Islands					7,678	7	5,224	5	3,345	4
Guyana							10,191	3	19,073	5
Jamaica					7,500	3	30,043	8	40,721	19
St. Lucia									3,465	1
Trinidad and Tobago								7	46,201	16
TOTAL CARIBBEAN					96,048	51	123,974	52	230,275	91

1British Council Fellowships
	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Country	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards
Central America
Mexico	66,490	11	106,100	11	132,800	17	102,682	10	106,169	16
TOTAL CENTRAL AMERICA	66,490	11	106,400	11	132,800	17	102,682	10	106,169	16
1 The figures for awards relate to new awards only.

Commonwealth Scholarships and fellowships plan (ODA)
	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Country	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards
Central America
Belize					11,355	2	10,881	3	4,076	1
Total Central America					11,355	2	10,881	3	4,076	1
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda	n.a.	1	5,250	1	2,471	1			6,170	1

	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86
Country	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards	Expenditure £	Awards
Bahamas	n.a.	1	10,000	1	6,105	1	291	1
Barbados	n.a.	5	47,420	8	60,917	7	35,922	8	50,105	6
Bermuda	n.a.	1					4,418	1	20,411	2
Dominica	n.a.	2	7,990	1	6,024	1	2,371	1	15,149	2
Grenada	n.a.	2	12,970	1	3,040	1	8,877	2	19,189	2
Guyana	n.a.	4	44,300	6	83,766	10	78,086	13	93,647	13
Jamaica	n.a.	8	83,110	12	71,906	10	82,669	16	111,985	15
Montserrat	n.a.	3	13,310	2	5,192	1	7,070	2	6,268	1
St. Kitts and Nevis	n.a.				8,161	1	9,231	2	10,320	1
St. Lucia	n.a.	2	4,300				7,782	1	21,029	2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	n.a.	1	9,620	1	14,874	3	21,190	3	10,711	1
Trinidad and Tobago	n.a.	3	35,920	6	42,339	5	49,208	11	59,954	7
Turks and Caicos	n.a.	1	1,680	1			6,850	1	7,603	1
Total Caribbean	n.a.	34	275,870	40	304,795	41	313,965	62	432,541	54