Overseas Students (Bursaries and Scholarships)

Overseas Development written question – answered at on 19 October 1981.

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Mr. Colvin asked the Lord Privy Seal what has been the total annual value of bursaries and scholarships awarded by his Department to overseas students coming to the United Kingdom from the financial year 1970–71 until the present; and if he will give estimates where actual figures are not available.

Year£million
19707.094
19716.827
19727.776
Yearmillion
19739.466
197410.421
197514.614
197616.794
197718.115
197819.916
197930.317
198043.602
1981 (Est.)43.000
Year£
1970–7172,943
1971–7284,849
1972–73103,142
1973–74112,197
1974–75134,126
1975–76177,479
1976–77200,974
1977–78252,117
1978–79288,736
1979–80340,889
1980–81445,633

Mr. Luce: British aid statistics are prepared and published on a calendar year basis. The costs of training in Britain under the programme of the Overseas Development Administration and its predecessors are:

Year£million
19707.094
19716.827
19727.776
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Yearmillion
19739.466
197410.421
197514.614
197616.794
197718.115
197819.916
197930.317
198043.602
1981 (Est.)43.000
In addition, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has provided grants to the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission for the provision of university scholarships tenable in the United Kingdom by American graduates as follows:
Year£
1970–7172,943
1971–7284,849
1972–73103,142
1973–74112,197
1974–75134,126
1975–76177,479
1976–77200,974
1977–78252,117
1978–79288,736
1979–80340,889
1980–81445,633