The Government on Friday said that it is not aware of any ban being contemplated by the Government of the United Kingdom on foreign students. In a reply during Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs V. Murlidharan said that there has been a consistent increase in the number of Indian students studying in the United Kingdom and the numbers doubled in just two years. While in 2019, 36,612 students went to the United Kingdom, the number went up to 44,901 in 2020 and 77,855 in 2021. In the current year 1,20,987 Indian Students have gone to the UK for studies until October.