HC Deb 16 December 2002 vol 396 cc575-6W
Andrew Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many postgraduate students from non-EU countries were in the UK in each of the last 10 years. [85717]

Margaret Hodge

[holding answer 9 December 2002]The latest information is shown in the table.

Postgraduate students1 from non-EU countries studying in the UK
Academic year Numbers
1991–92 29,800
1992–93 33,500
1993–94 36,900
1994–95 42,300
1995–96 47,000
1996–97 46,600
1997–98 45,700
1998–99 47,200
1999–2000 51,500
2000–01 57,000
2001–02 65,900
1 Full-time and part-time students.