Question follow-through · 105972
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freezing student loan repayment thresholds and interest rates from 2027 on the total amount repaid over the lifetime of a loan, broken down by
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freezing student loan repayment thresholds and interest rates from 2027 on the total amount repaid over the lifetime of a loan, broken down by
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
It was announced at the Autumn Budget that the repayment and interest thresholds for Plan 2 student loans will be frozen from the 2026/27 financial year until April 2030, when they will increase annually by inflation. The department produced the following...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to cover the remaining local authority share of high needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits beyond 2025-26.
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Department for Education: Written Questions
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to answer Question (a) 115147, (b) 115148 and (c) 115149 tabled by the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock on 23 February 2026.