Higher Education: Asylum
Commons · Question 26529 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers enrolled in university access programmes in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 4 Feb 2025
The UK has a longstanding and proud tradition of providing a safe haven to those who have no choice but to leave their home country because of endangerment to their lives or to those of their families. Higher education (HE) student support is available to...