Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of (a) the 10 countries supplying the most overseas students and (b) the numbers of students from each of those countries who were studying at further and higher education facilities in the UK in 2018.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
Information on the nationality of learners is not held for government funded further education courses via the Individualised Learner Record.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017-18.
In total, there are 458,490 higher education (HE) students enrolled at UK HEIs from non-UK countries in 2017-18[1]. This can be found at:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from.
The table below shows the top 10 countries that have HE students entering UK HEIs in 2017-18 ranked by how many entrants they have at UK HEIs.
Country of domicile | Number |
China | 76,425 |
India | 12,465 |
United States | 11,625 |
Germany | 7,135 |
France | 6,910 |
Hong Kong | 6,790 |
Italy | 6,160 |
Malaysia | 5,935 |
Greece | 5,080 |
Nigeria | 4,805 |
Source: Figures 10 and 11
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from.
[1] Source: Figure 8
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of overseas students who were studying at further and higher education facilities in the UK in 2018.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
Information on the nationality of learners is not held for government funded further education courses via the Individualised Learner Record.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017-18.
In total, there are 458,490 higher education (HE) students enrolled at UK HEIs from non-UK countries in 2017-18[1]. This can be found at:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from.
The table below shows the top 10 countries that have HE students entering UK HEIs in 2017-18 ranked by how many entrants they have at UK HEIs.
Country of domicile | Number |
China | 76,425 |
India | 12,465 |
United States | 11,625 |
Germany | 7,135 |
France | 6,910 |
Hong Kong | 6,790 |
Italy | 6,160 |
Malaysia | 5,935 |
Greece | 5,080 |
Nigeria | 4,805 |
Source: Figures 10 and 11
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from.
[1] Source: Figure 8
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what liaison there is for promoting best practice guidelines between the National Careers Service and its counterpart organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Answered by Anne Milton
Responsibility for delivery of careers information, advice and guidance was devolved to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as part of devolution.
The National Careers Service shares information and best practice as appropriate with the devolved administrations, including on the development of the National Careers Service website to make sure that it meets the needs of young people and adults.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of (a) looked after children and (b) children who were in foster placements between 2013 and 2018.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The information is shown in the table accompanying the response.
Figures on children looked after and placed in foster care in England are published table A2 in the national tables in the statistical releases ‘Children Looked After in England including adoptions: 2016-2017’ and ‘Children Looked After in England including adoptions: 2017-2018’, which are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of UK students studying abroad between 2016 and 2018.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) collect and publish the number of UK students studying wholly overseas. Tertiary education is defined as International Standard Classification of Education levels 5-8. Statistics on mobile UK students studying abroad in 2016 and 2017 have been provided in the table. Data for 2018 has still to be published by UNESCO.
UK DOMICILED STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD 2016 to 2017 | |
Year | Number of UK students studying tertiary education programmes abroad |
2016 | 34,017 |
2017 | 34,025 |
Source: UNESCO, internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad (2016 to 2017), data available at http://data.uis.unesco.org/.
In addition, ERASMUS collect and publish further information on the number of students studying overseas as part of their studies at their UK university, available at http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of apprenticeship levy funding that will be allocated to Northern Ireland in 2019-20.
Answered by Anne Milton
Northern Ireland will receive their agreed share of the apprenticeship levy of £82 million in 2019/20. Northern Ireland will also receive an additional £3.8 million for apprenticeships in 2019/20, as announced in this year’s budget.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) geographical area and (b) age range the National Careers Service covers.
Answered by Anne Milton
Careers is a devolved matter and the National Careers Service covers England only. The service provides free, up to date, impartial information, advice and guidance on careers, skills and the labour market.
The service is available for adults aged 19 and over. They can access the service through the following three ways:
Young people aged 13 to 18 can also ring the National Careers Service Helpline for advice, or they can use web chat or the National Careers Service website.
Please note that information about careers provision in Northern Ireland is available at:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/careers.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of children requiring autism support since the commencement of the Children and Families Act 2014.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including the type of need in the annual ‘SEN in England’ statistical release:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen.
Pupils with SEN are recorded according to their primary type of need. Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is included as a type of need.
The table below shows a breakdown of the number of pupils with ASD as their primary type of need from 2015 to 2018 (as at January each year):
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
SEN support | 36,530 | 42,801 | 47,571 | 53,546 |
Statements of SEN & education, health and care plans | 54,245 | 57,211 | 60,832 | 66,363 |
Total | 90,775 | 100,012 | 108,403 | 119,909 |
Source: School Census
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the total amount of student loans outstanding between (a) March 2014 and (b) March 2018.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Student Loans Company publish statistics annually on student loan debt and repayment. The statistics are published separately for loans funded by each of the devolved administrations and can be found at: https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of children requiring autism support since the commencement of the Children and Families Act 2014.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including the type of need in the annual ‘SEN in England’ statistical release:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen.
Pupils with SEN are recorded according to their primary type of need. Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is included as a type of need.
The table below shows a breakdown of the number of pupils with ASD as their primary type of need from 2015 to 2018 (as at January each year):
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
SEN support | 36,530 | 42,801 | 47,571 | 53,546 |
Statements of SEN & education, health and care plans | 54,245 | 57,211 | 60,832 | 66,363 |
Total | 90,775 | 100,012 | 108,403 | 119,909 |
Source: School Census