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223190

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date	24/02/2015
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 steps his Department is taking to attract non-EU students to universities in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	225240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2013/14 there were more non-EU international students studying in the UK than ever before (310,200). More recent data from UCAS show a continuing growth trend for undergraduates: in 2014/15 there was an increase on the previous year of 5.7% in the number of overseas accepted applicants; and for 2015/16, February figures show the number of overseas applicants higher than at the same stage last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013 Government published its International Education Strategy which includes a range of measures to strengthen the UK’s attractiveness as a study destination. For example, promotion activity through the Education UK brand, which is managed by the British Council, the ‘Britain is GREAT’ marketing campaign, which has an education pillar and ministerial engagement with overseas Governments through international visits. This promotes the breadth of the UK’s higher education offer and long-term education relationships through partnerships between UK and overseas institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 19/03/2015 16:16:33 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 47042 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

223191

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Higher Education: 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 much his Department has spent on advertising higher education aimed at non-EU nationals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	225241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has not funded advertising specifically aimed at non-EU nationals in the last five years. Government promotion of UK higher education to students overseas principally takes place through the British Council, the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign which has an education pillar, and via ministerial bilateral engagement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last five years ministers have promoted UK education opportunities through a wide range of overseas visits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 14:14:11 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 47045 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

223192

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Higher Education: Migrant Workers
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 his Department is taking to attract non-EU academic staff to seek employment at universities in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	225242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>UK Universities are autonomous bodies and determine their own recruitment policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 09/03/2015 10:58:08 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 47047 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

223198

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the advertising budget was for each Government department in the financial years (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	225244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Durham on 2 February 2015 and 4 February 2015 to UIN: 222564 and 222567.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 27/02/2015 09:56:57 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

223216

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to his Department of the visits and press conferences for the (a) long term economic plans for Yorkshire and (b) long term economic plan for the north-west events.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	225243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p><strong>The total cost for the Long Term Economic Plan visit to Yorkshire and the North-West was met through the existing departmental budgets.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2015 14:37:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham