Students: Loans
Commons · Question 9709 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to question 2901 titled Students: Loans, whether she has made an assessment on the potential merits of bringing the Plan 2 repayment threshold in line with today’s RPI infl
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 28 Jul 2026
Plan 2 student loans were first made available to undergraduate students in 2012. These loans did not enter repayment until 2016, at which point the £21,000 repayment threshold was applied to Plan 2 loans.Since this government has been in power, we have i...