§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students in the academic year 1990–91 have applied and how many have been accepted, to take part in the ERASMUS project.4
§ Mr. Alan HowarthStudent mobility under ERASMUS takes place largely within inter-university co-operation programmes for which higher education institutions apply direct to the European Commission for funding. For 1990–91, the Commission has approved for support 1,748 ICPs involving 1,100 insitutions and 44,484 student exchanges. This includes 375 United Kingdom led ICPs and 8,857 UK students who will spend a period of their study in another European Community country.
Information is not available on the number of student exchanges proposed in ICP applications made to the Commission or on the number of students not involved in an ICP who are assisted as "free movers" under ERASMUS.