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Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to linking Plan 2 student loan interest rates to inflation only.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to linking Plan 2 student loan interest rates to inflation only.

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Plan 2 student loans were designed and implemented by previous governments. Students in England starting degrees under this government have different arrangements.Plan 2 loans interest rates are applied at the Retail Price Index (RPI) only, then variable ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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