Question follow-through · 111113

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment on the freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold due to take effect in April 2027.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
27 Mar 2026 · 50 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment on the freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold due to take effect in April 2027.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Mar 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 will release an equalit...

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