Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average contribution of international students to the economy in each of the last five years.

The government recognises the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education sector.

Estimated total UK revenue from international students, through their tuition fees and living expenditure, in each of the last five years for which data is available is listed in the table below: