Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 115758
Students: Loans
Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 1 April 2026
Named DayQuestion
David Reed
Conservative — Exmouth and Exeter East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average additional years in repayment for Plan 2 student loan borrowers attributable to charging interest at RPI plus up to three percentage points compared with CPI
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThe department does not hold analysis of the impact on the number of additional years of repayment for Plan 2 borrowers attributable to the level of interest charged.