Question follow-through · 91632

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown in the total value of student loan repayments received by (i) non-UK nationals and (ii) UK nationals in each of the last five financial years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
5 Dec 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown in the total value of student loan repayments received by (i) non-UK nationals and (ii) UK nationals in each of the last five financial years.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The following table gives the Student Loan Company (SLC) payments in millions for the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years and covers Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans (full time and part time) for undergraduates only domiciled in England, Wales, Northern Ire...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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