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Commonwealth Scholarships Programme

Answer

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC), provides post-graduate awards (Fellowships, Masters and PhDs) at UK universities to students from approximately 64 eligible Commonwealth countries and British Overseas Territories.

Commonwealth Programme Expenditure:

Financial year	CSC Grant-in-Aid (from HMG, including DfE) (£m)
2020-21	25.313
2021-22	28.224
2022-23	28.224
2023-24	28.224
2024-25	28.224

Breakdown of recipients by nationality of the Commonwealth Scholarship for the last 5 years:

Country/Territory	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Antigua and Barbuda		2	1
Australia	2			1
Bangladesh	44	40	47	29	27
Belize		1	1	2	2
Botswana			1	2	1
Cameroon	17	18	22	17	20
Canada	2			2
Dominica	1
Fiji		1	1	3	2
Ghana	56	70	50	55	54
Grenada			2
Guyana	5	3			1
India	72	91	81	76	89
Jamaica	4	2		5	4
Kenya	79	55	74	61	78
Kingdom of Eswatini	2	6	1	1	4
Kiribati				1
Lesotho	2	1	3	3	2
Malawi	17	31	20	25	31
Malaysia		2	2		2
Maldives		1	1	1	2
Mauritius		2	1	2	2
Montserrat		1
Mozambique	5	3	5	2	6
Namibia	2	8		2	2
New Zealand	1				1
Nigeria	161	174	149	126	89
Pakistan	46	54	44	61	65
Papua New Guinea	2		1	1
Rwanda	16	9	5	14	11
Saint Lucia	1	2		1	1
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines		1		2	1
Samoa					1
Sierra Leone	14	6	13	13	15
Singapore					1
Solomon Islands			3
South Africa	6	12	10	8	9
Sri Lanka	2	15	7	13	7
Tanzania	23	14	20	33	23
The Gambia	7	5	10	8	5
Togo					1
Tonga			1
Tuvalu	1
Uganda	64	53	72	63	59
Vanuatu					2
Zambia	26	27	23	22	15

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

27480

Session

2024-26

Related items

Commonwealth Scholarships Programme
Monday, 17 February 2025
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Costs Commonwealth scholarships programme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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