To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will spend on scholarships for students from eastern Europe during 1991–92.

For 1991–92, we expect to allocate £1.2 million under the FCO scholarships and awards scheme for the provision of some 300 scholarships to enable students from eastern Europe—not including the Soviet Union—to study in the United Kingdom.As many as two thirds of these awards will be jointly funded with United Kingdom institutions, private trusts and private sector partners.