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Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers, published on 7 April 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public pur
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers, published on 7 April 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public pur
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
The government is capping maximum interest rates on Plan 2 and Plan 3 (postgraduate) student loans at 6%, instead of the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 3%, for the 2026/27 academic year.This short-term protective measure will apply from the 1 September 20...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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