Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 95277

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing receipts from the international student levy for funding in higher education and skills.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
As set out in the Budget Document, the income raised by the Levy will be fully reinvested into higher education and skills, including to fund maintenance grants for disadvantaged students studying priority courses.