Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 107637

Students: Finance

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce students’ reliance on paid employment alongside their studies; and how it intends to ensure that students living in rural or employment-scarce areas have equal acce

Answer

Josh MacAlister
To help higher education students with cost-of-living pressures, we are future-proofing maintenance loans by increasing them in-line with forecast inflation every year and reintroducing targeted means-tested maintenance grants of up to £1,000 per year fro...
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