Question follow-through · 50912

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information she holds on the number of student loan borrowers whose repayment balances have increased despite making regular payments.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Target answer date: 13 May 2025
Answer: 30 May 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information she holds on the number of student loan borrowers whose repayment balances have increased despite making regular payments.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 May 2025
Answer published
A borrower is deemed to have made regular repayments if they have made at least four repayments, of any amount, in the 2024/25 financial year. This may include borrowers who stopped their regular repayments or ceased being liable to repay part-way through...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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