HC Deb 10 July 1989 vol 156 cc348-9W
Mr. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide figures showing the numbers of students working in the field of Soviet studies for each year since 1979 at(a) undergraduate level and (b) postgraduate level.

Mr. Jackson

The numbers of students studying Russian language or Russian studies full-time at British universities were as follows:

Undergraduates Postgraduates
1979 424 77
1980 410 71
1981 405 55

Undergraduates Postgraduates
1982 403 57
1983 453 50
1984 522 52
1985 516 50
1986 539 65
1987 524 49