Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 120934

Students: Loans

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of borrowers on Plan 2 student loans whose outstanding balance is projected to increase for at least the first ten years of repayment due to interest accr

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department does not hold analysis of the proportion of borrowers whose loan is projected to increase in their first ten years of repayment.Student loan repayments are linked to income, not to the amount borrowed or interest applied. As repayments rema...

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