Students: Loans
Commons · Question 120935 · 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 (a) the average outstanding student loan balance and (b) the proportion of borrowers currently making repayments in (i) Merseyside and (ii) the North West of England.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 31 Mar 2026
The average outstanding student loan balance of borrowers in the North West government region who have been funded by Student Finance England was £37,000 (rounded to the nearest thousand) on 15 March 2025. This includes all loans, even those not yet liabl...