PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Higher Education: Student Numbers (25 January 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from England who have studied for higher education qualifications at (a) higher education institutions and (b) further education institutions in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Dame Angela Eagle (Labour)

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the annual Statistical First Release (SFR) “Enrolments and Qualifications in Higher Education”, which is available at the following link: https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224.

The number of English-domiciled students studying at Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish HEIs is presented in the following table:

English-Domiciled Enrolments by Country of Institution
UK Higher Education Institutions
Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15
	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Welsh HEIs	35,210	37,705	36,985	37,420	36,790
Scottish HEIs	24,010	23,805	23,480	22,535	23,510
Northern Irish HEIs	1,135	1,535	1,710	1,875	2,540
Source: HESA Student Record
Note: figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5

The step increase in the number of English enrolments at Northern Irish HEIs in 2014/15 is a result of the University of Ulster running business programmes at its London and Birmingham campuses.

Information on students enrolled at Further Education Institutions in different UK countries is not collected by HESA and is available from the respective administrations.

Answered by:
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative)
16 February 2016