Question follow-through · 123974

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of student loan recipients by nationality in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of student loan recipients by nationality in each of the last five years.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Attached is a table that provides data about students in receipt of student loans by nationality, for the 2020/21 – 2024/25 academic years.This dataset reports the number of UK Nationals, and provides a breakdown of nationalities for non-UK Nationals. Pre...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Students: Finance

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to maintain ongoing engagement with Islamic finance advisory bodies to review the continued sharia compliance of the Alternative Student Finance model.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Finance

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