Students: Finance
Commons · Question 98195 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 8 Jan 2026
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...