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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 |
Country | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Afghanistan | — | — | 34 | 20 | 13 |
Albania | 10 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Algeria | 8 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 |
Andorra | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Angola | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Anguilla | — | — | — | — | — |
Antigua
and
Barbuda | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
Argentina | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 17 |
Armenia | 8 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 8 |
Australia | 22 | 33 | 25 | 31 | 24 |
Austria | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Azerbaijan | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Bahamas | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Bahrain | 14 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 16 |
Bangladesh | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
Barbados | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Belarus | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Belgium | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Belize | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
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Bhutan | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Bolivia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
Botswana | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Brazil | 84 | 87 | 65 | 72 | 63 |
British
Virgin
Islands | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Brunei | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Bulgaria | 28 | 24 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
Burma | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
Cambodia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Cameroon | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
Canada | 18 | 17 | 14 | 27 | 26 |
Cayman
Islands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chile | 13 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
China
(including Hong
Kong) | 224 | 211 | 290 | 311 | 277 |
Colombia | 20 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 18 |
Congo | — | — | — | — | — |
Costa
Rica | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Croatia | 10 | 20 | 24 | 31 | 32 |
Cuba | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Cyprus | 11 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 17 |
Czech
Republic | 23 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 18 |
Denmark | 15 | 9 | 8 | — | — |
Dominica | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Dominican
Republic | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
East
Timor | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Ecuador | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Egypt | 52 | 40 | 43 | 40 | 36 |
El
Salvador | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
Eritrea | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Estonia | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
Ethiopia | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
Fiji | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Finland | 6 | 6 | 4 | — | — |
France | 8 | 7 | 6 | — | — |
Gambia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Georgia | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
Germany | 11 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
Ghana | 12 | 13 | '21 | 16 | 19 |
Greece | 6 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
Grenada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Guyana | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Honduras | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Hungary | 25 | 25 | 20 | 35 | 15 |
Iceland | 9 | 9^ | 8 | 7 | 8 |
India | 135 | 130 | 133 | 121 | 130 |
Indonesia | 77 | 80 | 72 | 74 | 59 |
Iran | 7 | 11 | 40 | 14 | 10 |
Iraq | — | — | — | 8 | 48 |
Irish
Republic | 12 | 10 | 4 | — | — |
Israel | 17 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 |
Italy | 6 | 4 | — | — | — |
Ivory
Coast | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Jamaica | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Japan | 16 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Jordan | 16 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 19 |
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Kazakhstan | 13 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 14 |
Kenya | 15 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 16 |
Kiribati | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Korea
(South) | 66 | 82 | 75 | 71 | 67 |
Kosovo | — | — | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Latvia | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Lebanon | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Lesotho | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Libya | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Lithuania | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
Luxembourg | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
Madagascar | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Malawi | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
Malaysia | 54 | 48 | 57 | 56 | 36 |
Mali | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Maldives | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
Malta | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 17 |
Marshall
Islands | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Mauritania | — | — | — | — | — |
Mauritius | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Mexico | 81 | 77 | 67 | 68 | 56 |
Micronesia | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Moldova | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Mongolia | 15 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 |
Montserrat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Morocco | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Mozambique | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Namibia | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Nepal | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
New
Zealand | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nigeria | 45 | 37 | 46 | 39 | 35 |
Norway | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | — |
Oman | 10 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
Pakistan | 51 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 52 |
Palau | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Panama | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Papua
New
Guinea | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Peru | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Philippines | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
Poland | 36 | 46 | 37 | 29 | 23 |
Portugal | 11 | 14 | 5 | — | — |
Qatar | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — |
Romania | 32 | 25 | 22 | 29 | 26 |
Russia | 70 | 83 | 66 | 80 | 53 |
Rwanda | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Saudi
Arabia | 10 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
Senegal | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Serbia
and
Montenegro | 16 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 15 |
Seychelles | — | — | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Sierra
Leone | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Singapore | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
Slovakia | 18 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
Slovenia | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
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Solomon
Islands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Somalia | — | — | 1 | — | — |
South
Africa | 31 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 32 |
South
Pacific | — | — | — | — | — |
Spain | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Sri
Lanka | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
St.
Helena | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
St.
Kitts and
Nevis | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
St.
Lucia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
St.
Vincent | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
Sudan | 12 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 |
Swaziland | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Sweden | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Switzerland | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | — |
Syria | 20 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 25 |
Taiwan | 24 | 30 | 30 | 19 | 12 |
Tajikistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Tanzania | 8 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Thailand | 29 | 34 | 25 | 25 | 20 |
The
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia | 12 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Tonga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad
and
Tobago | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
Tunisia | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
Turkey | 76 | 45 | 49 | 49 | 51 |
Turkmenistan | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Turks
and
Caicos | — | — | — | — | — |
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Tuvalu | — | — | — | — | — |
Uganda | 10 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 15 |
Ukraine | 25 | 30 | 27 | 38 | 27 |
United
Arab
Emirates | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
United
States | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Uruguay | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Uzbekistan | 11 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
Vanuatu | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Venezuela | 22 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 12 |
Vietnam | 19 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 22 |
West
Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza
Strip | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Yemen | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Yugoslavia | — | — | — | — | — |
Zaire | — | — | — | — | — |
Zambia | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Zimbabwe | 14 | 16 | 23 | 35 | 49 |
Undefined | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 2,285 | 2,284 | 2,387 | 2,401 | 2,124 |
