Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many international students were accepted by British Universities in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

UCAS publish data on the number of international students accepted to UK higher education providers.

Data on acceptances at the end of the admission cycle is available here: https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-2021.

The 2022 admissions cycle is still in progress and latest available data is here: https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2022.

Note that not all international students are accepted through UCAS. The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes data on the total number of international student enrolments, with the latest data covering the 2020/21 academic year. This data is available here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he#numbers.