L

Lord Tarassenko (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 March 2026

Debate

Plan 2 Student Loans: Repayment Terms

Contribution

My Lords, the proportion of home students in full-time postgraduate study has fallen from 46% to just 29% in five years. At the start of a PhD, a home student with a typical undergraduate loan will have a debt of around £55,000. At the end of the PhD, that debt will be somewhere between £65,000 and £70,000. Most PhD students from disadvantaged backgrounds take out a doctoral loan, which also accrues interest during the PhD. Will the Government consider freezing both the undergraduate and doctoral loans at the start of a home student’s PhD so that these loans do not accrue interest during the PhD?

More from Lord Tarassenko (CB)

Other recent Hansard contributions by the same speaker.

About Hansard

Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.

Partner sites