Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 16075

Gaza: Overseas Students

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal DemocratNorth East Fife

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to written statement UIN HCWS144, what steps she taking to ensure that students from Gaza due to study in Scotland, are able to enter the UK prior to the earlier academic year start dates in Scotland.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
Building on the support delivered in 2025, the government will continue to work with UK universities and devolved governments to identify eligible students from Gaza and, where eligible under immigration rules, their dependants, to facilitate their depart...

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