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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, what proportion of the 2.8 per cent of borrowers resident overseas are (a) British, (b) EU and (c) non-EU nationals; and what the total value of the amount lent to borrowers resident overseas is.

Answer

Statistics covering English student loans are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Loans in England’.

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx

The latest statistics show that there were around 113,600 English student loan borrowers, liable to repay, who were known to be overseas at the beginning of the financial year 2016-17. Of these around 25,300 (22%) were EU domiciled borrowers (those resident in the EU prior to studying).

Data provided by SLC shows that the overall outstanding loan balance of these borrowers resident overseas was around £1.6 billion, of which around £220 million (14%) was held by EU domiciled borrowers.

Information has been provided on the basis of the borrower’s prior residence as equivalent information on the basis of the borrower’s nationality would only be available at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
67604
Session
2016-17
Related items
Overseas Students: Loans
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Debts Loans Overseas students
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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