To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 22 March, Official Report, column 1338, how many of the (a) 1,839 Indian students admitted to the United Kingdom in 1988–89 and (b) 130 Indian students, awarded special Foreign Office scholarships for this financial year, are of Sikh origin; and if he will make a statement.

Her Majesty's Government-funded scholarships are awarded to Indian students regardless of religion or race, and no record is maintained of their religious or ethnic background.