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Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts, memoranda of understanding, or advisory agreements her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into with Islamic finance advisory organisations in relation to the Alternative Studen

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts, memoranda of understanding, or advisory agreements her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into with Islamic finance advisory organisations in relation to the Alternative Studen

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Details of the department's previous engagements may be accessed on GOV.UK’s ‘Contracts Finder’ tool, which is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.Details of any future commercial engagements, including contracts, will be publi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Students: Finance

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into (a) contracts, (b) memoranda of understanding and (c) advisory agreements with Islamic finance advisory organisations regarding the Alternat

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Students: Finance

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of (a) maintaining, (b) reviewing and (c) administering the Alternative Student Finance model, including advisory services, system

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Students: Finance

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans her Department has to ensure repayments for standard student loans and the Alternative Student Finance model remain equivalent if repayment outcomes diverge.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Students: Finance

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish annual data comparing repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model and the standard student loan system; and if she will make an estimate of the cost of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, what the average annual value of Student Loans Company loan receipts was for each nationality of borrower, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, how many Student Loans Company loan receipts there were, by nationality of borrower and level of qualification, in each academic year from 2020/21 to

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, what the total value of Student Loans Company loan payments was to borrowers of each nationality, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, how many first-time recipients of Student Loans Company loans there were, by nationality of borrower, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25, d

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many borrowers made their first recorded repayment against a Student Loans Company loan balance, by nationality of borrower, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Sikhs

11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance is issued to schools on assessing the eligibility of pupils to wear kirpans on school premises.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Asylum

26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of asylum seekers are enrolled in state-funded (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and whether such data is available by region and local authority.