Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 December 2018 (HL12221), whether they will now require applicants for Chevening Scholarships to provide details of any ethnic or religious minority groups from which they come; and when there will be opportunities for analysis of the new online application system.

​When applicants apply for Chevening Scholarships, they are prompted, but not obliged, to self-declare if they are from an ethnic minority, tribe or indigenous community. There are three possible answers: 'yes', 'no' and 'prefer not to disclose'. We do not ask for further details regarding applicants' ethnic and religious minority groups. It should be possible to report on successful candidates from summer 2019, as applications for the 2019-20 awards have now closed and short-listed candidates will be interviewed from March to May 2019.