Question follow-through · 98189

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what checks are undertaken to verify eligibility for student finance among applicants who have recently entered the UK.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 8 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 10 Dec 2025
Answer: 3 Feb 2026 · 57 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what checks are undertaken to verify eligibility for student finance among applicants who have recently entered the UK.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
We are resolute in our commitment to protecting public money in higher education and are taking firm action to address serious concerns about exploitation of the student funding system.Eligibility for student finance is not based solely on nationality, bu...

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