United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 121568
Overseas Students: Student Wastage
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17 March 2026
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10 April 2026 · Answer
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10 April 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign nationals claiming student loan or a maintenance loan dropped out of their courses in the last academic year for which data is available.
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17 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign nationals claiming student loan or a maintenance loan dropped out of their courses in the last academic year for which data is available.
Source: Commons
10 April 2026
Answer
The number of student loan borrowers who are not UK Nationals and withdrew from their latest recorded course in 2024/25 was 15,000 (to the nearest 500).The department and the Student Loans Company have strengthened the quality and consistency of data in t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-17/121568
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1891955
- uk · wq-1891955 · source updated 10 April 2026