Mr. Colin Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, if he will arrange to collect the same information in respect of overseas students enrolled in further education establishments as he does now in respect of United Kingdom students; and if he will ascertain the number of overseas students enrolled in the first year of all courses, 426W the number enrolled in sandwich courses, and the number who enter and pass the examinations for which details are given in Statistics of Education, Part Two, annually.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsSome of the information requested will be available in the forthcoming Statistics of Education 1965, Part Two; this will show the numbers of first year overseas students studying each subject, and also the numbers of first year students from each overseas country.
Details of the ages of students and the number on sandwich courses are not at present available, but long-term proposals are being worked out for a change in the methods by which information in respect of all students in further education is collected. This would provide information on overseas students in the same detail as United Kingdom students.