HC Deb 20 July 1998 vol 316 c420W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what financial help has been given in each of the last five years towards the education costs of young people from St. Helena studying in the United Kingdom. [50707]

Clare Short

I have been asked to reply.

Since 1993 the overseas aid programme to St. Helena has provided the sum of £659,542 towards the education costs of St. Helenians studying in the United Kingdom which is broken down in each of the last five years as follows:

  • 1993–94: £144,365
  • 1994–95: £102,740
  • 1995–96: £143,472
  • 1996–97: £166,804
  • 1997–98: £102,161.