Students: Finance
2026-05-17 · Department for Education · 2657 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reform the student finance system; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) reintroducing maintenance grants on a universal basis and (b) a full review of undergradua
Answer
The government is taking decisive action to make the student loans system fairer. We are capping Plan 2 and Plan 3 interest rates for 2026/27 to protect borrowers from the risk of inflation shocks; future-proofing maintenance loans by increasing them in-l...