Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 118086

Students: Loans

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 2 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Sarah Russell

LabourCongleton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made on the number of people with a Plan 3 student loan in England and Wales; and what is the total value of those loans.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The number of England‑domiciled borrowers with a Plan 3 student loan was 603,000, rounded to the nearest thousand, and the total value of those loans was £6.521 billion, rounded to the nearest million, as of 31 March 2025.Education is a devolved matter, a...

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