§ Mr. Alan DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign students have been admitted to the UK in each year since 1979, broken down by nationality. [177096]
§ Mr. Browne[holding answer 8 June 2004]: The latest available data relating to the number of passengers admitted as students to the United Kingdom by the requested categories are given in the table as follows. The data relate to the number of journeys made.
To provide data for the entire period would incur disproportionate cost.
1378WDetailed statistics on immigration control are published in the Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom." is also available in the Library, and from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate web site http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/commandpubs1.html
The latest edition is that for 2002 (Cm6053).