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805324

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 estimate her Department has made of the market share UK universities hold for students studying abroad from (a) Nigeria, (b) Malaysia and (c) Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	118996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 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. Global data on international student destinations is not available in the format requested. However, it is available at the tertiary education level from The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at the following link: <a href="http://uis.unesco.org/en/uis-student-flow" target="_blank">http://uis.unesco.org/en/uis-student-flow</a>. The link also includes further information on what types of education are included in the definition of tertiary education.</p><p> </p><p>This data shows that in terms of overall market share of overseas students studying tertiary level courses, the UK continues to attract the second highest numbers of overseas students (EU and non-EU) after the USA. For students from Nigeria and Malaysia the UK is the most popular destination and for students from Saudi Arabia it is the second most population destination.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/12/2017 17:02:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

802273

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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 estimate he has made of the net contribution foreign students studying in the UK made to the economy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	117960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the estimated contribution international students have made to the UK economy, in tuition fees and living expenditure, for the last three years of available data. The estimates for 2015 will be published in early 2018 and the estimates for 2016 will be published in Autumn 2018.</p><p><strong>International student’s<sup>1</sup> contribution to the UK economy in tuition fees and living expenditure, 2012 to 2014, current prices</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£13.2 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£13.4 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£14 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>This estimate includes Higher Education, Further Education, Independent Schools and English Language Training students.</p><p>[Source: Department for Education Research Report, July 2017, UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity 2010-2014.]</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/12/2017 12:49:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

777084

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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, how many students from (a) India, (b) Nigeria, (c) Germany, (d) France, (e) Ireland, (f) Greece, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Poland have studied in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions. The number of student enrolments from the requested countries in the latest three academic years for which data are available has been provided in the table below. Statistics for the academic year 2016/17 will come available from HESA in January 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Higher Education Enrolments by Country of Domicile </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK Higher Education Institutions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Years 2013/14 to 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Year </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p>19,750</p></td><td><p>18,320</p></td><td><p>16,745</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nigeria</strong></p></td><td><p>18,020</p></td><td><p>17,920</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany </strong></p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>13,675</p></td><td><p>13,425</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>11,500</p></td><td><p>11,955</p></td><td><p>12,525</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland </strong></p></td><td><p>11,490</p></td><td><p>10,905</p></td><td><p>10,245</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greece </strong></p></td><td><p>10,670</p></td><td><p>10,130</p></td><td><p>9,790</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Saudi Arabia</strong></p></td><td><p>9,060</p></td><td><p>8,595</p></td><td><p>8,570</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Poland</strong></p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>5,245</p></td><td><p>5,655</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: HESA student record</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Numbers rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</li><li>Numbers include all modes, levels and across all years of study.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/11/2017 09:59:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758154

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the removal of international students from net migration statistics.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	9300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>My officials and I regularly engage with the Home Office on international students.</p><p> </p><p>EU and international students make a great contribution to the UK and our world-class HE sector both economically and culturally, contributing an estimated £11.1bn to the UK economy in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>There’s no limit on the number of genuine international students who can study here and we have no plans to limit any institution’s ability to recruit them.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2017 16:32:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

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