§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students from Iraq attended postgraduate courses at British universities and colleges of higher education in each of the years 1981 to 1990 inclusive.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe number of students from Iraq enrolled on post-graduate courses at British higher education institutions between 1980–81 and 1989–90 are as follows:
Academic year Universities Polytechnics/ Colleges of Higher Education Total 1980–81 1,225 — — 1981–82 1,153 45 1,198 1982–83 1,277 54 1,331 1983–84 980 38 1,018 1984–85 716 37 753 1985–86 656 42 698 1986–87 900 51 951 1987–88 892 50 942 1988–89 673 51 724 1989–90 405 133 — 1 England and Scotland. No figure is available for the number of students in polytechnics and colleges in 1980–81 and information is not available yet on the number in these institutions in Wales in 1989–90.