Foreign Students

HC Deb 06 March 1989 vol 148 cc399-400W

Mr. Ian Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide the figures for the numbers of foreign students attending full-time courses of higher education in the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Jackson

The information is shown below. Before 1984–85 the definition of a student from abroad included those charged a fee at the overseas rate. From 1984–85 students from abroad have been defined by domicile. Where available, adjusted figures are shown for comparison of number by both definitions.

Full-time and sandwich students from abroad in higher education in the United Kingdom
Academic year	Thousands
1977–78	58.0
1978–79	59.1
1979–80	56.2
1980–81	51.6
1981–82	50.7
1982–83	46.7	147.9
1983–84	46.5	146.9
1984–85		48.6

Academic year	Thousands
1985–86		53.7
1986–87		57.1
1 Adjusted.

Source: Education Statistics for the United Kingdom (HMSO).