Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria EU citizens will have to fulfil to be eligible for postgraduate funding in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

In July 2018 we announced guarantees on student finance for EU nationals. These guarantees apply in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. EU nationals (and their family members) who start a course in England in the 2019/20 academic year or before will continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status, undergraduate and postgraduate financial support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course provided they meet the existing residency requirement.

For postgraduate loans, EU nationals must have resided in the European Economic Area or Switzerland for the 3 years prior to the start of their course. The purpose of that 3 year residency should not have been mainly for the purpose of receiving full time education.