§ Lord Wallace of Saltaireasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many scholarships are currently provided by public bodies such as the Research Councils to British students working towards higher degrees. [HL2864]
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Simon of Highbury)There are some problems of definition, but a good snap-shot is provided by data showing source of fees for students starting their course. Figures extracted from table 5.7 of the Science, Engineering and Technology Statistics 1998 are given below. These are new entrants, not the total stock holding awards in any year. More detailed information is given in table 5.11 of the same publication, and in the Department for Education and Employment's Statistics of Education: Student Support 1995–96.
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Ltd. Gilbert)The number of regular Army soldiers from ethnic minorities serving in each regiment of the Household Division, as at 14 July 1998, is as follows:
Household Division Ethnic Minority soldiers Household Cavalry 1 Grenadier Guards 1 Coldstream Guards 0 Scots Guards 1 Irish Guards 5 Welsh Guards 0 Note:
In addition there are at present in the Household Division two officers whose ethnic origin is recorded as non-white.