Question follow-through · 83166
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value was of student loans that were written off in the last year; and what this was as a proportion of all outstanding student loans, by nationality.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value was of student loans that were written off in the last year; and what this was as a proportion of all outstanding student loans, by nationality.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2025
Answer published
The requested information can be found in the Student Loans Company’s Student loans in England publication, updated in July each year. The publication, ‘Student loans in England: 2024 to 2025’ can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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