Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many foreign students from which countries applied to study in the UK in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

A complete count of applicants from overseas countries is not available centrally. The number of applicants from each overseas country who apply to full-time undergraduate courses via UCAS is available from the UCAS website at http://www.ucas.com/data-analysis/data-resources. However, not all overseas applicants apply via the UCAS application scheme. In addition, the UCAS figures do not cover applicants to postgraduate courses.