Question follow-through · 1357
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that future people that attend university will not have the repayment thresholds for their student loans altered after taking them out.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 20 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Vocational Education: Iron and Steel · 21 May 2026
- Special Educational Needs · 29 May 2026
- Students: Disadvantaged · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that future people that attend university will not have the repayment thresholds for their student loans altered after taking them out.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2026
Answer published
This government increased Plan 2 repayment thresholds in April 2025 and again in April 2026, to protect lower-earning graduates and keep more money in their pockets. Between 2012 and 2024, then governments only increased repayment thresholds twice through...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Vocational Education: Iron and Steel
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will be offering support to further education colleges offering vocational courses to address the increase in steel costs as a result of planned import tariffs.
Special Educational Needs
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support and identify students with dual or multiple exceptionalities.
Students: Disadvantaged
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that students from lower-income backgrounds are able to afford to attend university.