Question follow-through · 22506
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of either (a) removing the margin or (b) capping the interest rate on student loans.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of either (a) removing the margin or (b) capping the interest rate on student loans.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2025
Answer published
Student loans are subject to interest to ensure that those who can afford to do so contribute to the full cost of their degree. The government does not make a profit from the student loan repayment system. The department is determined that the higher educ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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