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Written question asked by Anne Main (Conservative) on Monday, 13 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. It was answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Overseas Students: Loans

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 65926, on overseas students: loans, for what reasons the amount lent in 2015-16 was greater than that lent in 2014-15; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

The increased spend in tuition fee loans to both English and EU domiciled students in the financial year 2015-16 is due to increasing numbers of students receiving support and a higher proportion of those students being on post-2012 tuition fee loan arrangements.

Statistics covering English student support paid to English and EU domiciled borrowers in each academic year are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’.

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
67603
Session
2016-17
Related items
Overseas Students: Loans
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Debts Loans Overseas students
Link
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