Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 98195

Students: Finance

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 8 January 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of borrowers who leave the UK after receiving student finance maintain full repayment compliance; and what mechanisms exist to enforce repayments from those living overseas.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

As of April 2025, 6.1 million borrowers (English and EU nationals with loans from Student Finance England) are in Repayment. Of the 6.1 million, 286,000 (4.6%) reside overseas, of which 85,000 (29.7%) are EU nationals and 201,000 (70.3%) are English UK na...

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