Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how much has been received by universities in fees from foreign students taught in higher education institutions in each year since 2006; (269161)

(2) when he plans to answer question 269161, tabled on 1 April 2009, on fees received from foreign students taught in higher education institutions.

The latest published information on course fees paid by non-EU domiciled students is shown in the table. This is the only centrally-held information available regarding institutions’ income from foreign students. This is shown alongside the total income of higher education institutions in England.

*Non-EU domiciled students HE course fees and total income English higher education institutions, academic year 2006/07 and 2007/08*
	£ 000
	Non-EU domiciled course fees	Total income
2006/07	1,472,893	17,591,618
2007/08	1,619,689	19,400,191
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student finance record.

Volume 494: debated on Wednesday 17 June 2009