§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many non-UK resident EU students are attending English as a foreign language courses in further education colleges in the United Kingdom. [69634]
§ Mr. MudieThe number of non-UK resident EU students attending English as a foreign language courses in further education sector colleges in England in 1996–97 was 6,100.
The numbers of such students studying in other parts of the United Kingdom are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively.