Question follow-through · 21362

Overseas Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent abuse of the student loans system from overseas students who fail to repay their loans.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent abuse of the student loans system from overseas students who fail to repay their loans.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    This government is resolute in its commitment to protecting public money in higher education, and we are taking firm action to address serious concerns about exploitation of the student funding system.To be compliant with their loan repayment obligations,...

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