Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cash outlay for English domiciled students in the financial years (1) 2022–23 and (2) 2023–24 for fee and maintenance loans for (a) full-time and part-time 'foundation degree' students and (b) full-time and part-time ‘other undergraduate’ students.

For English domiciled students in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years for fee and maintenance loans, the following breakdown of outlay is provided:

For the 2022/23 financial year:

Full-time students studying for foundation degrees:

• Fee loans: £164.4 million
• Maintenance loans: £159.5 million

Part-time students studying for foundation degrees:

• Fee loans: £9.6 million
• Maintenance loans: £0.0 million

Full-time students studying for ‘other undergraduate’ qualifications:

• Fee loans: £332.0 million
• Maintenance loans: £397.8 million

Part-time students studying for ‘other undergraduate’ qualifications:

• Fee loans: £27.2 million
• Maintenance loans: £1.3 million

For the 2023/24 financial year:

Full-time students studying for foundation degrees:

• Fee loans: £149.8 million
• Maintenance loans: £149.0 million

Part-time students studying for foundation degrees:

• Fee loans: £8.7 million
• Maintenance loans: £0.0 million

Full-time students studying for ‘other undergraduate’ qualifications:

• Fee loans: £329.6 million
• Maintenance loans: £424.2 million

Part-time students studying for ‘other undergraduate’ qualifications:

• Fee loans: £25.2 million
• Maintenance loans: £1.4 million

‘Other undergraduate’ includes all undergraduate courses not classified as first degrees and covers a wide range of qualifications from levels 4-6 as defined by the Higher Education Standards Authority (HESA). More information on HESA’s classification standards can be found here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions.

'Other undergraduate' qualifications include all 'foundation degree' qualifications. Funding for courses at levels 3-6 is also available through Advanced Learner Loans.