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Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 5 December 2025UIN 95277

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing receipts from the international student levy for funding in higher education and skills.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

As set out in the Budget Document, the income raised by the Levy will be fully reinvested into higher education and skills, including to fund maintenance grants for disadvantaged students studying priority courses.

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