Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were refused student loans as a result of their discretionary leave to remain immigration status in each of the last three years.
Joseph Johnson
The Student Loans Company does not hold information on the number of student loan applicants with discretionary leave to remain who have had their application for support refused.
A public consultation on the introduction of a new category of eligibility for those with long residence in the UK, including periods of discretionary leave, closed in January 2016. The consultation can be found at:
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