Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of trends in the number of international students on higher education institutions.

The government keeps under review the number of international students attending our universities.

The government is proud of the UK’s world class higher education (HE) sector and recognises the contribution made by international students to our universities. The department is proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition, as set out in the International Education Strategy in each of the past two years.

The Office for Students (OfS), as the independent regulator of HE in England, is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the sustainability of HE providers. The department works closely with the OfS to understand the impact of international student recruitment.​