David Reed MP: written questions 2026

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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the interest charged on Plan 2 student loans for meeting the Government’s cost of (a) borrowing to finance those loans and (b) estimated write-offs.
Answer: The estimated write offs are reflected in the Resource and Accounting Budget (RAB) charge, the government subsidy anticipated on student loans issued in any particular financial year. The RAB charge is forecast at 32% of total full-time plan 2 loans issue...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the (a) average repayment duration and (b) total interest paid over the life of the loan for (i) male and (ii) female Plan 2 student loan borrowers.
Answer: The median repayment duration of loans for students in the final cohort of Plan 2 borrowers, those who commenced study in the 2022/23 academic year, is 30 years. This is consistent with the average borrower in this cohort not being forecast to fully repay...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of Plan 2 student loan borrowers have repaid in real terms more than (a) 100 per cent, (b) 120 per cent and (c) 150 per cent of the amount originally borrowed; and how many of those borrowers ha
Answer: The department does not hold data that allows us to provide the proportion of the amount originally borrowed that has been repaid in real terms.The projected percentage of Plan 2 student borrowers in 2022 who are expected to fully repay their loan in real...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average additional years in repayment for Plan 2 student loan borrowers attributable to charging interest at RPI plus up to three percentage points compared with CPI
Answer: The department does not hold analysis of the impact on the number of additional years of repayment for Plan 2 borrowers attributable to the level of interest charged.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the value of interest repayments on Plan 2 student loans net of (a) the Government’s cost of financing student loan outlay, (b) expected write-offs and (c) administrative costs.
Answer: Repayments made against accrued interest are not separated from repayments made against the borrowed portion of the loan.The department publishes an estimate of the subsidy portion of student loan outlay in the form of the Resource Accounting and Budgetin...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of effective marginal deduction rates exceeding 50 per cent on Plan 2 student loan borrowers’ labour supply, including decisions on a) overtime, b) hours wor
Answer: Plan 2 loans were designed and implemented by the previous government and, given the inherited fiscal situation, the department is making tough but necessary decisions.Graduates only begin repaying their student loan once earnings exceed the earnings thre...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
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Private Education: Single Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 104598 Private Education: Single Sex Education, how many material change requests have been submitted by independent single-sex education settings seeking ap
Answer: The department has processed 1232 material changes between 1 January 2023 and 1 January 2025. The department does not record data below this level in terms of types of school or type of material change.
Answered 24 Feb 2026
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Cybersecurity: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on updating the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to remove limits on the ability of cybersecurity profession
Answer: The Government is conducting an ongoing review of the Computer Misuse Act (CMA). The Home Office will update on proposals taken forward in due course.
Answered 9 Feb 2026
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Chagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on (a) consent to transfer sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory and (b) amendment to the 1966 UK–US treaty.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 January 2026 to Question 107405 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge).
Answered 4 Feb 2026
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Private Education: Single Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent single-sex schools have (a) closed and (b) changed their admissions policy to become dual-sex since 1 January 2025.
Answer: Five girls’ single sex schools and two boys’ single sex schools have closed since 1 January 2025. The department does not collect data on how many schools have changed their admissions policy to become dual-sex.
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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