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Written Answers to Questions
The following answers were received between Monday 4 September and Friday 8 September 2006
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chevening Scholarships
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Chevening scholarships were awarded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country from which students obtaining such scholarships have come. [88030]
Mr. Hoon:
The number of Chevening scholarships awarded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country, is provided in the following table:
| Chevening scholarships awarded between 1995-96 and 2004-05 |
| Country | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
|
Afghanistan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Albania
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
14
|
|
Algeria
|
10
|
17
|
12
|
8
|
13
|
|
Andorra
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Angola
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
|
Anguilla
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Argentina
|
34
|
29
|
23
|
25
|
24
|
|
Armenia
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
|
Australia
|
16
|
14
|
21
|
22
|
26
|
|
Austria
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
|
Bahamas
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
|
Bahrain
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
13
|
12
|
|
Bangladesh
|
9
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
10
|
|
Barbados
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
Belarus
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
16
|
|
Belgium
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
|
Belize
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
|
Bhutan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Bolivia
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
|
Botswana
|
3
|
—
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
Brazil
|
75
|
71
|
65
|
84
|
56
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Brunei
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
3
|
|
Bulgaria
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
4
|
19
|
|
Burma
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
—
|
|
Cambodia
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
|
Cameroon
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Canada
|
13
|
12
|
10
|
12
|
11
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
|
Chile
|
7
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
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|
China (including Hong Kong)
|
79
|
116
|
131
|
138
|
186
|
|
Colombia
|
21
|
11
|
14
|
15
|
17
|
|
Congo
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Costa Rica
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
|
Croatia
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
11
|
|
Cuba
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
|
Cyprus
|
14
|
32
|
21
|
12
|
25
|
|
Czech Republic
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
11
|
18
|
|
Denmark
|
16
|
16
|
12
|
12
|
14
|
|
Dominica
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
8
|
|
East Timor
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Ecuador
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Egypt
|
59
|
53
|
58
|
58
|
41
|
|
El Salvador
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
—
|
3
|
|
Eritrea
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Estonia
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
|
Ethiopia
|
8
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
|
Fiji
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
|
Finland
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
|
France
|
35
|
20
|
20
|
14
|
12
|
|
Gambia
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Georgia
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
|
Germany
|
24
|
27
|
14
|
18
|
14
|
|
Ghana
|
9
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
|
Greece
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
|
Grenada
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Guatemala
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
2
|
—
|
|
Guyana
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
|
Honduras
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
|
Hungary
|
12
|
17
|
14
|
9
|
23
|
|
Iceland
|
9
|
12
|
9
|
11
|
6
|
|
India
|
60
|
85
|
122
|
93
|
125
|
|
Indonesia
|
72
|
63
|
64
|
58
|
69
|
|
Iran
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
4
|
|
Iraq
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Irish Republic
|
17
|
16
|
11
|
14
|
10
|
|
Israel
|
31
|
37
|
32
|
29
|
24
|
|
Italy
|
19
|
13
|
14
|
10
|
10
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
Jamaica
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
|
Japan
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
|
Jordan
|
36
|
32
|
28
|
25
|
18
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
12
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
15
|
|
Kenya
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
|
Kiribati
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Korea (South)
|
67
|
79
|
66
|
55
|
58
|
|
Kosovo
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Kuwait
|
12
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
|
Latvia
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
|
Lebanon
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
|
Lesotho
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Libya
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Lithuania
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
4
|
17
|
|
Luxembourg
|
5
|
9
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
|
Madagascar
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
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Malawi
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
10
|
|
Malaysia
|
73
|
72
|
82
|
45
|
40
|
|
Mali
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Maldives
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Malta
|
12
|
14
|
9
|
9
|
10
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Mauritania
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
|
Mauritius
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
Mexico
|
109
|
83
|
79
|
68
|
62
|
|
Micronesia
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Moldova
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
3
|
|
Mongolia
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
|
Montserrat
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
|
Morocco
|
7
|
6
|
10
|
8
|
6
|
|
Mozambique
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
Namibia
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Nepal
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
|
Netherlands
|
10
|
14
|
13
|
9
|
11
|
|
New Zealand
|
7
|
11
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
|
Nicaragua
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Nigeria
|
61
|
36
|
42
|
55
|
42
|
|
Norway
|
—
|
13
|
13
|
11
|
6
|
|
Oman
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
9
|
|
Pakistan
|
69
|
73
|
60
|
55
|
50
|
|
Palau
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Panama
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
|
Paraguay
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
|
Peru
|
13
|
8
|
11
|
8
|
7
|
|
Philippines
|
12
|
11
|
18
|
13
|
9
|
|
Poland
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
15
|
34
|
|
Portugal
|
16
|
19
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
|
Qatar
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
Romania
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
10
|
33
|
|
Russia
|
25
|
19
|
23
|
20
|
29
|
|
Rwanda
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
4
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
7
|
11
|
14
|
10
|
6
|
|
Senegal
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Seychelles
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
—
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
|
Singapore
|
14
|
8
|
10
|
7
|
10
|
|
Slovakia
|
15
|
17
|
15
|
12
|
11
|
|
Slovenia
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
9
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
3
|
—
|
|
Somalia
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
South Africa
|
24
|
36
|
24
|
24
|
18
|
|
South Pacific
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
Spain
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
St. Helena
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
St. Kitts and Nevis
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
St. Lucia
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
|
St. Vincent
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
Sudan
|
5
|
8
|
15
|
14
|
12
|
|
Swaziland
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Sweden
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
4
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Switzerland
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
7
|
|
Syria
|
15
|
8
|
16
|
34
|
15
|
|
Taiwan
|
11
|
15
|
17
|
19
|
16
|
|
Tajikistan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Tanzania
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
|
Thailand
|
41
|
30
|
29
|
34
|
27
|
|
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
|
Tonga
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
Tunisia
|
6
|
9
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
|
Turkey
|
100
|
129
|
118
|
185
|
124
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
3
|
|
Turks and Caicos
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
|
Tuvalu
|
—
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
|
Uganda
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
10
|
|
Ukraine
|
14
|
10
|
15
|
12
|
32
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
United States
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Uruguay
|
8
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
7
|
11
|
|
Vanuatu
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
3
|
|
Venezuela
|
34
|
25
|
18
|
18
|
14
|
|
Vietnam
|
10
|
12
|
15
|
13
|
23
|
|
West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip
|
21
|
19
|
22
|
18
|
11
|
|
Yemen
|
5
|
8
|
12
|
24
|
8
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
10
|
|
Zaire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
|
Zambia
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
9
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
14
|
9
|
14
|
10
|
12
|
|
Undefined
|
4
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5
|
|
Total
|
1,891
|
1,910
|
1,920
|
1,894
|
2,022
|
