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Chevening Scholarships Programme

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people from each country received Chevening scholarships in each of the last five years. [207537]

Mr. Jim Murphy: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) on 16 October 2007, Official Report, columns 996-99W. Details for the academic year 2003-04 are given in the Chevening Programme annual report for that year, which is also available at:

A copy will also be placed in the Library of the House.

Details for the academic year 2007-08 are provided in the following table.


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Country Core scheme Central partnership Fellows Total

Afghanistan

12

1

—

13

Albania

7

3

7

17

Algeria

6

—

1

7

Angola

2

—

1

3

Anguilla

1

—

—

1

Antigua

0

—

1

1

Argentina

13

4

—

17

Armenia

4

1

1

6

Australia

6

5

—

11

Azerbaijan

4

3

3

10

Bahamas

1

1

—

2

Bahrain

6

—

1

7

Bangladesh

7

—

5

12

Barbados

0

—

1

1

Belarus

3

7

—

10

Belize

1

—

—

1

Bolivia

1

2

—

3

Bosnia

7

2

1

10

Botswana

2

1

1

4

Brazil

31

3

6

40

British Virgin Islands

0

—

—

0

Brunei

2

—

—

2

Bulgaria

5

12

—

17

Burma

12

—

6

18

Cambodia

2

—

9

11

Cameroon

3

2

7

12

Canada

6

—

2

8

Cayman Islands

1

—

—

1

Chile

12

—

—

12

China

145

8

10

163

Colombia

6

4

1

11

Costa Rica

2

—

1

3

Cote D’Ivoire

0

—

—

0

Croatia

4

16

3

23

Cuba

3

—

—

3

Cyprus

2

—

—

2

Czech Republic

2

2

—

4

Dem Rep Congo

2

1

—

3

Dominica

1

—

—

1

Dominican Rep (& Haiti)

3

—

—

3

DPR Korea

0

—

—

0

East Jerusalem

10

4

5

19

East Timor

1

—

—

1

Ecuador

2

—

2

4

Egypt

28

5

7

40

El Salvador

1

—

—

1

Eritrea

0

—

—

0

Estonia

3

—

2

5

Ethiopia

8

—

4

12

Fiji

1

—

—

1

Gambia

1

—

—

1

Georgia

6

13

2

21

Ghana

7

1

2

10

Guatemala

0

—

—

0

Guyana

1

—

2

3

Honduras

0

1

—

1

Hong Kong

24

4

2

30

Hungary

2

2

1

5

Iceland

0

—

—

0

India

45

6

1

52

Indonesia

31

7

7

45

Iran

21

1

3

25

Iraq

20

1

—

21

Israel

9

1

—

10

Jamaica

7

—

—

7

Japan

5

—

—

5

Jordan

10

1

2

13

Kazakhstan

5

4

2

11

Kenya

11

2

7

20

Kiribati

0

—

—

0

Korea

34

—

—

34

Kosovo

8

6

—

14

Kuwait

3

—

1

4

Kyrgyzstan

2

4

—

6

Laos

0

—

—

0

Latvia

2

—

1

3

Lebanon

5

1

1

7

Lesotho

3

—

—

3

Liberia

0

—

2

2

Libya

6

—

—

6

Lithuania

2

—

—

2

Luxembourg

0

—

—

0

Macedonia

6

4

1

11

Madagascar

0

—

—

0

Malawi

3

9

2

14

Malaysia

23

2

6

31

Maldives

1

—

—

1

Mali

0

—

—

0

Malta

5

—

1

6

Mauritius

2

—

—

2

Mexico

35

1

6

42

Micronesia

1

—

—

1

Moldova

3

3

—

6

Mongolia

2

5

—

7

Montenegro

1

—

—

1

Montserrat

1

—

—

1

Morocco

5

—

—

5

Mozambique

3

1

1

5

Namibia

3

—

—

3

Nepal

2

1

5

8

New Zealand

0

2

1

3

Nicaragua

1

—

—

1

Niger

0

—

—

0

Nigeria

28

6

2

36

Oman

8

—

2

10

Pakistan

28

8

14

50

Panama

1

—

—

1

Papua New Guinea

1

—

—

1

Paraguay

1

—

—

1

Peru

1

1

—

2

Philippines

5

1

11

17

Poland

11

2

4

17

Qatar

0

—

—

0

Romania

7

13

1

21

Russia

29

10

2

41

Rwanda

2

—

—

2

Saudi Arabia

0

—

—

0

Senegal

2

—

2

4

Serbia

5

10

3

18

Seychelles

1

—

—

1

Sierra Leone

3

1

—

4

Singapore

4

—

3

7

Slovakia

3

1

4

Slovenia

8

—

—

8

Solomon Islands

0

—

—

0

South Africa

12

3

3

18

Sri Lanka

4

1

—

5

St. Helena

1

—

—

1

St. Kitts and Nevis

0

—

—

0

St. Lucia

0

—

—

0

St. Vincent

2

—

—

2

Sudan

6

1

6

13

Swaziland

0

1

—

1

Syria

15

5

—

20

Taiwan

9

—

1

10

Tajikistan

3

12

—

15

Tanzania

6

3

1

10

Thailand

7

1

2

10

Tonga

0

1

—

1

Trinidad and Tobago

2

2

2

6

Tunisia

4

—

4

8

Turkey

33

2

6

41

Turkmenistan

2

2

—

4

Tuvalu

0

—

—

0

UAE

3

—

—

3

Uganda

5

6

—

11

Ukraine

12

2

—

14

Uruguay

2

—

1

3

USA

0

—

1

1

Uzbekistan

2

4

4

10

Vanuatu

0

—

—

0

Venezuela

4

—

2

6

Vietnam

13

4

8

25

Yemen

6

—

—

6

Zambia

7

14

—

21

Zimbabwe

14

14

—

28

Totals

1,070

300

233

1,603

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