To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many overseas students were studying at English Universities in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) subject and (b) country of origin. (77335)

The available information has been placed in the House Libraries. The data in the tables has been taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record where the method of recording subject of study was revised in 2002/03, hence figures for 2002/03 onwards are not comparable to earlier years.