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432610

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK remains competitive with other countries in attracting overseas students to higher and further education; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	17938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomes international students and there is no cap on the number that can study here. The Government promotes study in the UK through the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign and through the British Council, which promotes UK education in over 100 countries, connecting millions of people with the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Government has a number of major education agreements with overseas partners. Key programmes include the UK-China Partners in Education Programme, the UK-India Education Research Initiative and engagement in Brazil’s ‘Science without Borders’ scholarship scheme.</p><p>Government also supports student exchange, such as through the Erasmus Scheme, which enables international students to take short placements in the UK and British students to gain valuable overseas experience.</p><p>As part of our recent Spending Review the Government has also reaffirmed the importance international students to the success of UK universities and the economy. To ensure universities can continue to compete with the US, Australia and Canada for top international students, dependants of postgraduates on courses lasting more than a year will be welcome to come and work. Current English language requirements will be maintained.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:12:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

521055

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on the effect of existing legislation on overseas students on steps to increase the number of international students studying in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	38398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills meet with Home Office officials and representatives from the education sector on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues related to international students studying in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to controlling migration and supporting the global competiveness of our higher education system. We are delivering this through promoting our universities as places where the brightest and the best of the world’s talent should come to study, whilst tackling immigration abuse where it exists in our education system.</p><p> </p><p>There remains no cap on the number of genuine international students who can come to study in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/06/2016 10:19:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177658

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department or other Ministers in her Department on the establishment of a national financial protection scheme for international students.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	223287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Policy for further and higher education is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is responsible for England. Institutions of Further and Higher Education are autonomous independent organisations and as such, they are themselves responsible for their policies and procedures and the management of their operations. The Government encourages the sector to take student welfare seriously, including the welfare of international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in BIS regularly meet with Home Office officials and education sector representatives to discuss a range of issues affecting international students. Both my R thon Friend the Secretary of State for BIS and I also regularly meet with bodies who represent or are otherwise concerned with international students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223288 223367 question first answered 12/02/2015 08:16:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43624 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177660

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met international students' representatives to discuss issues affecting international students in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	223288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Policy for further and higher education is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is responsible for England. Institutions of Further and Higher Education are autonomous independent organisations and as such, they are themselves responsible for their policies and procedures and the management of their operations. The Government encourages the sector to take student welfare seriously, including the welfare of international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in BIS regularly meet with Home Office officials and education sector representatives to discuss a range of issues affecting international students. Both my R thon Friend the Secretary of State for BIS and I also regularly meet with bodies who represent or are otherwise concerned with international students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223287 223367 question first answered 12/02/2015 08:16:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43625 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177762

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many international students applied to study in UK universities in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	223394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Final figures for the years up to 2014 are shown in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information for the 2015 application cycle shows that, as at January 15<sup>th</sup>, applicants via UCAS from EU and non-EU countries were up by 7% and 3% respectively, compared to the same point last year. The UCAS deadline for the receipt of applications from non-EU applicants is the end of June; normally, only around two thirds of non-EU applicants apply by mid-January.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures only cover applicants to full-time undergraduate courses. Information on applicants to part-time undergraduate courses, and all postgraduate courses, is not held centrally. Only just over half of all non-EU overseas entrants to full-time courses apply via UCAS, the rest apply directly to institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Applicants via UCAS from EU and non-EU countries to full-time undergraduate courses at UK institutions</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Final end of cycle figures</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domicile:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>47,320</p></td><td><p>49,275</p></td><td><p>43,150</p></td><td><p>44,835</p></td><td><p>46,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p>64,730</p></td><td><p>63,020</p></td><td><p>67,150</p></td><td><p>70,555</p></td><td><p>74,560</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 11/02/2015 15:35:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43626 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

224382

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223288, what steps he is taking to encourage institutions of further and higher education to put in place financial protection for overseas students.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	225880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government commitment to protecting the interests of overseas students coming to the UK is highlighted in the International Education Strategy published July 2013. The International Education Council has been established to drive the implementation of this strategy. As part of their work they have formed a sector led working group which has been looking a range of issues which shape the overall International Student Experience - including financial protection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 14:19:23 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 48112 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

92991

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many overseas students were studying at each UK university in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	210184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on enrolments by country of domicile, mode of study, level of study and institution can be accessed via the following link for the latest available academic years, which are 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 14:41:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 22387 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

155663

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to encourage foreign students to enrol in United Kingdom universities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
	uin	HL2847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The International Education Strategy recognised the huge contribution that overseas students make to the UK and all genuine overseas students are welcome to study in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government and the higher education sector are taking every opportunity to promote the UK’s offer and the warm welcome the UK extends to international students, including through using the ‘Britain is GREAT’ campaign. For example, the High Commission in Delhi began work last year (with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Trade and Investment and the British Council) to promote UK education at outreach events, exhibitions and road shows in some of India’s biggest cities. The ‘Britain is GREAT’ campaign is also promoting UK education across a range of other countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/11/2014 12:28:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

155664

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the export earnings which derive from foreign students attending United Kingdom universities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
	uin	HL2848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text In the Government’s International Education Strategy, published in July 2013, the value of international higher education students to the UK was valued at £9.7bn. The international education strategy can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity More recent data for the 2012/13 academic year is now available. Based on this, BIS estimates that UK exports attributable to international higher education students were £10.4bn. answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/11/2014 13:04:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

436982

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many foreign students were studying in UK universities in each of the last 10 years, and how many of those were from China.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL4448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The overall number of foreign and Chinese students (undergraduate and postgraduate) at UK HEIs is set out in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Higher Education Student Enrolments by Country of Domicile</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Academic Years 2004/05 to 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mainland China</p></td><td><p>52,675</p></td><td><p>50,755</p></td><td><p>49,595</p></td><td><p>45,355</p></td><td><p>47,035</p></td><td><p>56,990</p></td><td><p>67,325</p></td><td><p>78,715</p></td><td><p>83,790</p></td><td><p>87,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>10,780</p></td><td><p>9,445</p></td><td><p>9,640</p></td><td><p>9,700</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td><td><p>9,945</p></td><td><p>10,440</p></td><td><p>11,335</p></td><td><p>13,065</p></td><td><p>14,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macao</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>People's Republic of China</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60,365</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67,190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>78,030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90,375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103,025</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>93,995</p></td><td><p>99,985</p></td><td><p>105,410</p></td><td><p>112,150</p></td><td><p>117,660</p></td><td><p>125,045</p></td><td><p>130,120</p></td><td><p>132,550</p></td><td><p>125,290</p></td><td><p>125,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p>203,125</p></td><td><p>207,055</p></td><td><p>220,575</p></td><td><p>229,640</p></td><td><p>251,310</p></td><td><p>280,760</p></td><td><p>298,110</p></td><td><p>302,680</p></td><td><p>299,970</p></td><td><p>310,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>International</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>297,120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>307,040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>325,985</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>341,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>368,970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>405,805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>428,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>435,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>425,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>435,495</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Note: figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/01/2016 14:05:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs