Question follow-through · 63124
Students: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support university students with the cost of living.
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
- 26 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 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
26 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support university students with the cost of living.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jul 2025
Answer published
The government recognises the impact that the cost-of-living crisis has had on students.The government has therefore announced that maximum loans for living costs will increase by 3.1% for the 2025/26 academic year. A 3.1% increase is in line with forecas...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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