Overseas Students

(asked on 5th December 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Bishop of Winchester Portrait
Lord Bishop of Winchester
(Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of overseas students coming to study in the UK over the last five years, and the impact of any decline in that number on the UK economy.

Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 13th December 2016

The table below shows that the number of Non-EU students entering UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) over the last five years. Entry data for 2015/16 and 2016/17 are currently unavailable.

First year enrolments domiciled in Non-EU countries prior to study

UK HEIs

Academic Years 2012/13 to 2016/17

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

171,900

179,400

174,300

Not Available

Not Available

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record

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