Question follow-through · 5161
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of outstanding student loan balances increasing despite repayments being made as a result of high interest charges; and whether her Department is taking steps to r
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of outstanding student loan balances increasing despite repayments being made as a result of high interest charges; and whether her Department is taking steps to r
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2024
Answer published
As education is a devolved issue, the following response outlines the student finance system in England only. Interest rates on student loans do not affect monthly repayments made by borrowers. Repayments are based on earnings above the applicable repayme...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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