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Sudan: Overseas Students

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 April 2026UIN 129655

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sudanese nationals were granted student visas for study in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office publishes data on visas and extensions by route and nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visa grants are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset, and data on extension grants are published in table ‘Exe_D01’ of the extensions detailed datasets. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data is up to the end of December 2025. The Home Office does not publish information on location of study in the UK.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

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