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Overseas Students: Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the net financial impact of international students to the economy.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 3 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 8 Sept 2025
Answer: 17 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the net financial impact of international students to the economy.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
International students make a very significant contribution to the UK economy. Departmental statistics on education-related exports, published in June, estimated that international students contributed £21.06 billion to the UK economy in 2022 through thei...

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