Question follow-through · 3997
Students: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to identify the proportion of the student loan book used for fraudulent activity by students, franchised and non-franchised HE providers and intermediaries.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to identify the proportion of the student loan book used for fraudulent activity by students, franchised and non-franchised HE providers and intermediaries.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government is resolute in its commitment to protecting public money, including all types of student funding. We are working closely with the Student Loans Company (SLC) and other bodies across government to tackle fraudulent behaviour as swiftly as po...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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