The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of undergraduate students admitted to Oxford and Cambridge universities came from outside the European Union in the last year for which figures are available. [16760]
Dr. Howells
The most recent data available are for academic year 1996–97 and are given in the table:
| Entrants1to undergraduate courses 1996–97 | |
| University | Percentage of non-EU undergraduate entrants |
| Oxford | 7.2 |
| Cambridge | 8.0 |
| 1 Students on their first year of study. | |
| Mandatory awards in England and Wales1 | |||||
| Academic years 1991–92 to 1995–96 | Percentage of award holders receiving full, partial and nil rates of grant | ||||
| 1991–922 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | |
| Full maintenance grant | 39 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 45 |
| Partial maintenance grant | 36 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30 |
| Nil maintenance grant | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Source:
F503G
Notes:
1 Made by LEAs in England and Wales to students normally domiciled in their area who are studying in the United Kingdom. Includes awards made to postgraduate students on courses of initial teacher training.
2 Excluding awards made by the London Residuary Body for which full details are not available.