Students: Loans
Commons · Question 120934 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
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
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 31 Mar 2026
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...