Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to improve the recording of the long-term employment destination of international graduates; and if he will make a statement.

The department has already taken steps to improve the recording of the long-term employment destinations of graduates. From the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data we have published the employment and earnings of higher education graduates at different points after graduation. This includes the employment and earnings specifically for international graduates who remained in the UK at one, 3, 5, and 10 years after graduation:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-higher-education-graduate-employment-and-earnings.

In addition to this, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the agency responsible for collecting, processing, and publishing data about higher education in the UK, is enhancing the data it collects on graduate destinations. HESA’s new ‘Graduate Outcomes Survey’ will apply to 2017/18 graduates from all nations and record their location and activities around 15 months after completion of their studies. This is a longer-term view of graduate destinations than is currently available from the six-month Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey. This survey will also cover graduates who moved overseas after their studies.