Question follow-through · 19136
Postgraduate Education: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, is she will make an estimate of the number of postgraduate students currently studying in UK universities that are (a) UK citizens and (b) non-UK citizens.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, is she will make an estimate of the number of postgraduate students currently studying in UK universities that are (a) UK citizens and (b) non-UK citizens.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The department does not hold citizenship data for higher education (HE) students. However, data on the domicile (permanent address) of HE students, is available via the Higher Education Statistics Agency, which can be accessed here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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