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Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Plan 2 student loan system on graduates whose repayments do not cover the interest added to their balance.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
16 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Plan 2 student loan system on graduates whose repayments do not cover the interest added to their balance.

  2. 16 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Plan 2 student loans were designed and implemented by previous governments and 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 variab...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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