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Gaza: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure safe passage for students in Gaza due to commence university programmes in the UK.

answeredChris LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure safe passage for students in Gaza due to commence university programmes in the UK.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    We are working urgently to support Chevening Scholars in Gaza who have offers from British universities to leave and take up their places in the UK. The Government is working through options on how best to support other students with scholarships to take ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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