Students: Loans
Commons · Question 117215 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Anna Dixon
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
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 10 Mar 2026
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...