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Overseas Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total annual value of inward investment attributable to international students in each of the last five years; and what the average contribution of international student was in

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
3 Jun 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total annual value of inward investment attributable to international students in each of the last five years; and what the average contribution of international student was in

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The government is committed to a United Kingdom that is outward looking and welcomes international students who make a positive contribution to the UK’s higher education (HE) sector, our economy and society as a whole.The Higher Education Statistics Agenc...

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Social Work: Standards

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