Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 117215

Students: Loans

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Anna Dixon

LabourShipley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of including maintenance loans as part of a student loan on students from lower income backgrounds.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
We have future-proofed our maintenance offer by confirming that we will increase maintenance loans in line with forecast inflation every academic year. This will provide students with long-term financial certainty on the support they will receive while st...

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