Written questions

Students: Part-time Education

Commons · Question 2507 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of students who will withdraw from their courses as a result of losing access to maintenance loans and grants.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 2 Jun 2026

As part of our work to protect public money in higher education (HE), we take swift and proportionate action to identify fraud and error in the student finance system.Where fraud or error has been identified, students may be required to repay the funding ...