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Students: Loans

Commons · Question 61860 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Juliet Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility of the long course loan to (a) estranged and (b) care experienced students.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 30 Jun 2025

Full-time undergraduate students who are estranged from their parents or who are care leavers qualify for a long courses loan in the same way as other full-time undergraduate students.Full-time students who attend their courses for more than 30 weeks and ...