Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the data on HE student enrolments by the HE provider published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency in March 2017, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the UK economy of the change in the number of international students studying in the UK between 2010-11 and 2015-16.

Information on enrolments and the finances of UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The data shows that from 2010-11 to 2015-16 the number of non-EU international students enrolled in UK HEIs increased by 4% (from 299,000 to 311,000). Over the same period, the total income from the tuition fees of non-EU domiciled students to UK HEIs increased from £2.9bn to £4.5bn in cash terms. This data does not include living expenses from international students, which are a source of additional value to the UK economy.