§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement on educational and youth exchanges between the United Kingdom and Pakistan. [22377]
§ Mr. BoswellIn 1993–94, the Government-funded scholarships and awards for 568 Pakistani students here in the United Kingdom at a cost of around £5.1 million. In that same year the British Council administered 330 exchange visits to the UK from Pakistan, and the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers, funded by the UK Departments of Education, arranged 21 teacher exchanges. Through Government funding provided to the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council, 23 young Pakistanis came to the UK in 1992–93, with 20 of our young people going to Pakistan in 1993–94.