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Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 December 2015. It was answered by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 December 2015 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the total annual spending by international students on fees for all types of course in the UK.

Answer

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on the income and expenditure of publicly funded UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the annual publication “Higher Education Finance Plus”. An introduction to the publication is available at the following link: https://hesa.ac.uk/pr213 and is attached.


Table 1 of the publication details the source of income for UK HEIs. The total income from the course fees of non-EU domiciled students was £3,892m in the 2013/14 academic year, which represents 12.7% of the total income of UK HE providers.



Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4098
Session
2015-16
Attachment
HE Stats
Subjects
Fees and charges Overseas students
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk