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Overseas Students: Universities

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 18 September 2025UIN 75756

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of student visa holders attending universities are in the (a) top and (b) bottom quartile of education standards.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The department does not hold data on the proportion of student visa holders attending English universities who are in the top and bottom quartile of education standards. This data is not reported to the department by universities.

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