Question follow-through · 102292

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Plan 2 student loan borrowers who will begin making repayments as a result of the freeze to the Plan 2 repayment threshold.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
15 Jan 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Plan 2 student loan borrowers who will begin making repayments as a result of the freeze to the Plan 2 repayment threshold.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The department currently forecasts around 240,000 additional English Plan 2 loans (4.8% of all English Plan 2 loans for which borrowers are eligible to make repayments) will see a repayment in financial year 2030/31 given the announced threshold freeze wh...

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