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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 interest rates applied to income-contingent student loans on the total level of graduate debt.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
18 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of interest rates applied to income-contingent student loans on the total level of graduate debt.

  2. 18 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The department does not hold analysis on the impact of interest rates on total level of graduate debt.No Plan 5 borrower should see their loan balance grow in real terms without additional outlay, as the rate of interest for Plan 5 loans is applied at Ret...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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