Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121568

Overseas Students: Student Wastage

Tabled: 17 March 2026

Answered: 10 April 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

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.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

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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