Question follow-through · 2657
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reform the student finance system; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) reintroducing maintenance grants on a universal basis and (b) a full review of undergradua
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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- Social Work: Standards · 15 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reform the student finance system; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) reintroducing maintenance grants on a universal basis and (b) a full review of undergradua
20 May 2026
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government is taking decisive action to make the student loans system fairer. We are capping Plan 2 and Plan 3 interest rates for 2026/27 to protect borrowers from the risk of inflation shocks; future-proofing maintenance loans by increasing them in-l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Social Work: Standards
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure high professional standards in social work in the period in which Social Work England has paused its external sampling audit of continuing professional development records.