Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 105972

Students: Loans

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freezing student loan repayment thresholds and interest rates from 2027 on the total amount repaid over the lifetime of a loan, broken down by

Answer

Josh MacAlister
It was announced at the Autumn Budget that the repayment and interest thresholds for Plan 2 student loans will be frozen from the 2026/27 financial year until April 2030, when they will increase annually by inflation. The department produced the following...

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