Chevening Scholarships Programme
(asked on 11th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what estimate he has made of the gender split in each cohort of Chevening Scholars for each year since 2019.
Answered by
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The gender split of Chevening scholars from 2019 to present is as follows:
Date | % Female | % Male | Non-binary | Prefer not to say | Prefer to self-identify | NULL (blank) |
2019/20 | 55.20% | 44.39% | 0.00% | 0.40% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
2020/21 | 58.45% | 40.38% | 0.00% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.58% |
2021/22 | 59.02% | 40.12% | 0.37% | 0.18% | 0.31% | 0.00% |
2022/23 | 60.74% | 38.40% | 0.36% | 0.21% | 0.29% | 0.00% |
2023/24 | 55.48% | 43.19% | 0.88% | 0.29% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
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