Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 91632

Students: Loans

Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown in the total value of student loan repayments received by (i) non-UK nationals and (ii) UK nationals in each of the last five financial years.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

The following table gives the Student Loan Company (SLC) payments in millions for the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years and covers Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans (full time and part time) for undergraduates only domiciled in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the EU (Scotland's applications are not administered by SLC). These figures are split by the UK National indicator on the application form. Student support eligibility is determined by residency and not nationality and the UK National indicator field on the application form can be left blank by the applicant.

Payments (£ million)

Financial Year

UK National indicator

Non-UK National

Unknown

Grand Total

2020/21

16,358.5

2,395.3

341.8

19,095.7

2021/22

16,832.2

2,798.7

442.7

20,073.6

2022/23

16,690.2

3,069.9

551.7

20,311.8

2023/24

16,534.0

3,360.9

643.2

20,538.1

2024/25

16,605.7

3,770.5

706.2

21,082.4