Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many scholarships his Department has given to enable study in the UK to women from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Bahrain and (c) Saudi Arabia in the last year.
The FCDO continues to support higher education for Afghans, offering Afghan candidates resident outside of Afghanistan the opportunity to apply for a Chevening scholarship.
Under the Chevening Scholarship programme, seven Afghan women studied in the UK during the academic year 2022/23 (out of a total cohort of 19). Scholarships have been offered to 13 Afghan women (out of a total cohort of 24) for 2023/24.
Chevening does not offer awards for citizens of Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.