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Students: Debts

Asked by Jon PearceLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 6 September 2024UIN 2172

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the median level of student debt held by people in High Peak constituency.

Answered by Janet Daby

The median debt of full-time undergraduate borrowers funded by student finance England, whose postcode is within the High Peak constituency, and who entered repayment within the last five financial years, is £47,831.69. The median debt includes tuition fee and maintenance loans.

The borrowers’ postcode refers to the current contact or home address supplied by the borrower to the Student Loans Company.

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