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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-01-16more like thismore than 2018-01-16
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 remove filter
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Overseas Students more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the annual UK aid budget is devoted to funding students from developing nations to study at UK higher education institutions; and what plans there are to increase that proportion. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Norton of Louth more like this
uin HL4764 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-01-30more like thismore than 2018-01-30
answer text <p>During the financial year 2016-17, DfID programmes supported over 9,000 individuals through tertiary education scholarships, including through the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.</p><p>The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office also funded 1,838 overseas students through Chevening Scholarships to study at UK universities in 2016-17.</p><p>We regularly review our ODA spending to ensure that it is spent as effectively as possible and where need is greatest.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-01-30T17:43:07.507Zmore like thismore than 2018-01-30T17:43:07.507Z
answering member
1091
label Biography information for Lord Bates more like this
tabling member
3187
label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth more like this