Students: Loans
Commons · Question 98199 · 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 estimate she has made of the potential administrative cost associated with tracing and managing borrowers of student loans whose repayment status cannot be verified through UK tax systems.
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...