Overseas Students
(asked on 2nd March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the feasibility of extracting figures on the number of international students from overall migration numbers.
This question was answered on 7th March 2017
The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the net migration statistics.
In line with best international practice the ONS includes international students in net migration calculations. International students who stay for longer than 12 months, like other migrants, have an impact on communities, infrastructure and services while they are here.