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;

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

Mr. Lammy
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.

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|                                                                        |£ 000                       |
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|                                                                        |Non-EU domiciled course fees|Total income|
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|2006/07                                                                 |1,472,893                   |17,591,618|
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|2007/08                                                                 |1,619,689                   |19,400,191|
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|Source:Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student finance record.|                            |
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