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Written question asked by Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 7 September 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 September 2017. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Monday, 18 September 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Vocational Education: Overseas Students

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) EU, and (2) non-EU, overseas students are taking technical, professional and vocational courses in the UK.

Answer

The department does not collect data on the nationality of Further Education students.

Students will be eligible for Education and Skills Funding Agency funding if they are a citizen of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) and have been resident in the EEA for at least three years prior to the start of learning and are ordinarily resident in England.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1425
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Overseas students Vocational education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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