Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 75756

Overseas Students: Universities

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of student visa holders attending universities are in the (a) top and (b) bottom quartile of education standards.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department does not hold data on the proportion of student visa holders attending English universities who are in the top and bottom quartile of education standards. This data is not reported to the department by universities.