Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 12774

Students: Loans

Tabled: 5 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester 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 Daby
The 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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