Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 2 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many students from Scotland have received free university tuition since 2007-08.
Analysis of data from the Student Awards Agency Scotland, otherwise known as SAAS, shows that approximately 740,000 students from Scotland — that is nearly three quarters of a million — have benefited from free tuition fees on higher education courses between 2007-08 and 2024-25.