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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

821469

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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 she has made of the findings of the recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute on the financial contribution of overseas students and staff; and if she will review the classification of students in immigration statistics as a result of those findings.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 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 question first answered 18/01/2018 12:16:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

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

800515

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department made of the potential benefits to the economy of using Department for International Development funds for scholarships and grants for students and young people from developing countries to study at UK universities.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	117136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>There is a growing body of evidence that suggest that good quality Higher Education (HE) can make vital contributions to economic growth by developing the business leaders who create jobs and the skilled workforce needed to fill these. In addition, HE plays a key role in developing future leaders who can think critically, solve development problems and drive peace, stability and good governance.</p><p> </p><p>A review of spend across the Department for International Development (DFID) revealed that, during the financial year 2016/17, it was estimated that DFID supported 9,066 individuals through tertiary education scholarships in the form of:</p><p> </p><ol><li>DFID programmes that provide tertiary education scholarships directly for students in developing countries to study in the UK; in home countries, or a 3rd country.</li><li>Any programmes where DFID support other organisations to provide tertiary education scholarships.</li><li>DFID’s provision of core funding to an organisation (which provides scholarships), but the funding provided by DFID is not specifically to support the scholarships.</li></ol> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/12/2017 18:08:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

777081

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Education, (b) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (c) Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and (d) Home Affairs on (i) higher education exports and (ii) encouraging overseas students to study in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education will be a standing member of the DIT Education Sector Advisory Board. Other Government Departments, including the Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Home Office will be invited depending on the agenda for each meeting. The Government recognises the benefit that education exports bring to the UK and this Group will support the aspirations of the sector internationally.</p><p> </p><p>DIT liaises regularly across Whitehall departments in support of growth in higher education exports. The Government actively champions study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and through the British Council which promotes the UK in over 100 countries. The UK attracts high numbers of overseas students, second only to the USA in terms of our market share, and there continues to be no limit to the number who can come here to study.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier grouped question UIN 109386 question first answered 01/11/2017 17:46:12 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

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

757031

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many international students from (a) another EU country and (b) outside the EU reside in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	7821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/09/2017 09:42:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 7821 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ7821
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield