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100664

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on excluding foreign university students from net immigration targets.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	211742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Net migration statistics are produced by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). In line with the internationally agreed UN definition, these statistics define a migrant as someone changing their normal place of residence for more than a year. This includes students in net migration in the same way as other migrants. Other countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand also include students in their net migration figures. <br><br>Net migration measures the difference between the number of peoplecoming the UK and the number leaving, so if students return home after<br>their studies, their impact on long-term net migration will be minimal. The ONS has recently improved its methodology so that it is possible to<br>better identify students in the emigration flows to give a more accurate measure of the contribution of students to overall net migration.In the last year, 124,000 non-EU students came to Britain to stay for more than 12 months, and the ONS estimates that only 50,000 left the country. <br><br>All migrants who are in the UK for 12 months or more have an impact on our communities, infrastructure and public services. Changing the way we measure migration would not make any difference to our student migration policy. There is no cap on the number of students who can come to the UK, and the county remains open to the brightest and the best.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:46:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

823554

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken a societal or cultural cost-benefit analysis on removing non-EU students from their Government's net migration target.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	123020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the contribution that international students make to the UK economy. We recognise that international students enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally; enrich the experience of domestic students; and become important ambassadors for the United Kingdom in later life. The Government has recently commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a study into the costs and benefits of international students</p><p>There is no limit on the number of international students who can come to the UK and there are no plans to change this. So long as students are compliant with immigration rules they should make a very limited contribution to net migration numbers</p><p>The independent Office for National Statistics is responsible for the production of the net migration statistics. In line with the internationally agreed UN definition, these statistics define a migrant as someone changing their normal place of residence for more than a year. Students are therefore included in the same way as other migrants.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 123055 question first answered 19/01/2018 12:44:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

823593

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the level of public support for removing students from the Government's net migration target.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	123055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the contribution that international students make to the UK economy. We recognise that international students enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally; enrich the experience of domestic students; and become important ambassadors for the United Kingdom in later life. The Government has recently commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a study into the costs and benefits of international students</p><p>There is no limit on the number of international students who can come to the UK and there are no plans to change this. So long as students are compliant with immigration rules they should make a very limited contribution to net migration numbers</p><p>The independent Office for National Statistics is responsible for the production of the net migration statistics. In line with the internationally agreed UN definition, these statistics define a migrant as someone changing their normal place of residence for more than a year. Students are therefore included in the same way as other migrants.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 123020 question first answered 19/01/2018 12:44:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1625983

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent fiscal assessment she has made of the value to GDP that international students bring to the UK economy per year.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	183984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>International students make a significant economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s higher education (HE) sector. We have met our International Education Strategy ambition to attract at least 600,000 international students for the second consecutive year.</p><p>International students have a major economic impact in the UK through their spending on tuition fees and living expenditure. Statistics published by the department show that in 2020, total revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity was £25.6 billion, with the total revenue from HE being £19.5 billion. This data can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/uk-revenue-from-education-related-exports-and-transnational-education-activity/2020" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/uk-revenue-from-education-related-exports-and-transnational-education-activity/2020</a>.</p><p>London Economics have calculated the net economic impact of international students to the UK economy, taking into account not just the value of spending by international students, but also indirect effects, and the spending of friends and families visiting international students. It also takes into account the costs to my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer associated with teaching and supporting international students and the costs of providing public services, such as healthcare, to international students and their dependants. They estimate that for the 2018/19 cohort, the net economic impact of international students to the UK was an estimated £25.9 billion, representing around £95,000 per ‘typical’ international student. This figure does not include other sources of value that international students bring to the UK, such as tax revenues, improved longer-term trade and investment links and wider cultural and social benefits. The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2021/09/09/the-costs-and-benefits-of-international-higher-education-students-to-the-uk-economy/#:~:text=The%20costs%20and%20benefits%20of%20international%20higher%20education,public%20services%2C%20which%20are%20put%20at%20%C2%A32.9%20billion" target="_blank">https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2021/09/09/the-costs-and-benefits-of-international-higher-education-students-to-the-uk-economy/#:~:text=The%20costs%20and%20benefits%20of%20international%20higher%20education,public%20services%2C%20which%20are%20put%20at%20%C2%A32.9%20billion</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 11/05/2023 10:23:37 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

754640

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote UK higher education abroad to prospective international students.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	6791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the important contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education sector, both economically and culturally. We welcome genuine students and there remains no limit on the number of international students who can come here to study. The Government actively encourages study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and through the British Council, which promotes the UK in over 100 countries, connecting millions of people with the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers of international (non-EU domiciled) students studying at UK universities remain at record highs - over 170,000 non-EU entrants to UK higher education institutions for the sixth year running. The latest Home Office visa data also shows that, since 2011, university-sponsored visa applications have risen by around 12 per cent.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/09/2017 06:50:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701976

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the estimated 33 per cent fall in overseas students on the financial viability of UK universities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of its education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top ten, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.</p><p> </p><p>However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>Our universities are autonomous institutions responsible for managing their own budgets. The department works closely with the Office for Students, the independent regulator of the HE sector in England, to understand the evolving landscape including on risks relating to international students.</p><p> </p><p>It also continues to work closely with the Home Office, the Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 12:32:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1721216

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many migrants who have arrived in the UK in the past three years for which figures are available are (1) overseas students who are taking (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) post-graduate degrees, and (c) other courses, and (2) the families or dependents of overseas students; what proportion of legal migrants each of those categories represents; and what arrangements are in place for monitoring their departure.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lawlor
	uin	HL62
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p><strong>Table: Sponsored study visas by visa routes, applicant type, and course level</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year ending March 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year ending March 2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year ending March 2024</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (last 3 years)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Student visas (of which):</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>451,467</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>611,685</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>544,231</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,607,383</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Main applicants (of which):</p></td><td><p>379,542</p></td><td><p>463,365</p></td><td><p>432,750</p></td><td><p>1,275,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Bachelors level</em></p></td><td><p><em>100,996</em></p></td><td><p><em>107,819</em></p></td><td><p><em>106,545</em></p></td><td><p><em>315,360</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Below bachelors level</em></p></td><td><p><em>19,102</em></p></td><td><p><em>22,711</em></p></td><td><p><em>22,193</em></p></td><td><p><em>64,006</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Doctoral level</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,434</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,085</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,347</em></p></td><td><p><em>30,866</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Masters level</em></p></td><td><p><em>233,857</em></p></td><td><p><em>313,670</em></p></td><td><p><em>283,595</em></p></td><td><p><em>831,122</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Other and unknown<sup>2</sup></em></p></td><td><p><em>15,153</em></p></td><td><p><em>9,080</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,070</em></p></td><td><p><em>34,303</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dependants</p></td><td><p>71,925</p></td><td><p>148,320</p></td><td><p>111,481</p></td><td><p>331,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Child student visas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,248</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,158</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40,580</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - sponsored study visas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>464,715</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>624,843</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>558,405</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,647,963</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There were 3,646,179 visas granted on routes that typically enable migrants to come to the UK ‘long-term’<sup>1</sup> between Q2 2021 and Q1 2024, with sponsored study (both for main applicants and dependants) representing 45% of these.</p><p>Footnotes:</p><ol><li>To distinguish ‘migrants’ from people coming to the UK short-term, the data excludes visitor, transit, short-term study, and temporary worker visas (except Youth Mobility Scheme). The figure includes visas that typically enable a migrant to come to the UK for a year or more. However, some may be for less than a year. Not everyone issued a visa will arrive or stay in the UK for the entire period allowed by their visa. This total will also exclude those who do not require a visa to come to the UK (for example those with Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme).</li><li>‘Other and unknown’ refers to pre-sessional English language courses and visas with courses unable to be identified.</li></ol><p>Departures from the UK are recorded for most journeys. However, there are instances in which a departure may not be recorded, for example those who travel via the Common Travel Area. Those who do remain in the UK after their permission has expired will be considered as overstayers and will be liable for detention and enforced removal.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 07/08/2024 11:11:37 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	4965 label Biography information for Baroness Lawlor

1713288

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of findings from a recent IDP Connect survey which found that nearly half of prospective students surveyed were reconsidering or unsure of their plans to study in the UK following changes in policy and rules regarding international students.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL4029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy while maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top 10, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running, with 679,970 international students studying at a UK university in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb the abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system. The department continues to work closely with the Home Office, the Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.</p><p> </p><p>HE providers are autonomous bodies, independent of government. As such, they are responsible for their own admission decisions. The government takes a close interest in ensuring that the HE admissions system is fair and works closely with HE providers and sector bodies to make sure the system works well for students.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/05/2024 12:36:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1639906

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Universities UK International and the Higher Education Policy Institute, The costs and benefits of international higher education students in the UK, published on 16 May, which suggested a total net benefit of £37.4 billion to the UK economy associated with international students during the years 2018–19 and 2021–22; and what plans they have to further support universities to recruit internationally.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL8054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises the significant contribution that international students make to the UK higher education (HE) sector and to the UK economy as a whole.</p><p>Attracting the brightest students from around the world is good for our universities, delivers growth at home and supports the creation of more places for UK students.</p><p>As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, outlined in her speech at the Education World Forum on 8 May 2023, the department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running by attracting more than 600,000 international students. International mobility helps us build global relationships and makes an important contribution to UK science and research, supporting the cutting edge of global discoveries and emerging technologies.</p><p>The department wants to continue to attract students from around the world to benefit from British HE. That is why, on 23 May 2023, the department reaffirmed its commitment to the International Education Strategy, which is vital for ensuring that the UK remains competitive in the global HE market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/06/2023 15:27:42 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1721265

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what policies they have to reverse the significant drop in the numbers of foreign students applying to study in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL76
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises that international students enrich university campuses, forge lifelong friendships with domestic students and become global ambassadors for the UK, as well as making a significant economic contribution to the higher education sector and the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has 4 universities in the top 10, and 15 in the top 100 and international students are offered the opportunity to remain in the UK on a graduate visa for 2 to 3 years after their studies come to an end. Admissions into universities for the 2024/25 academic year are ongoing and the department is closely monitoring them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 30/07/2024 14:37:04 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson