Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 12774
Students: Loans
Tabled: 5 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing student maintenance loans in line with Consumer Price Index inflation.
Answer
Janet DabyThe government recognises the impact that the cost of living crisis has had on students. That is why the government is increasing the maximum maintenance loans for living costs for the 2025/26 academic year by 3.1%, in line with the forecast rate of infla...
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