Question follow-through · 4617

Overseas Students: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help increase the accessibility of UK university education to British Overseas Territories citizens.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
17 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help increase the accessibility of UK university education to British Overseas Territories citizens.

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the United Kingdom (UK), and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, C...

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