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Students: Loans

Asked by Dr Simon OpherLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 16 February 2026UIN 110487

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Plan 2 student loan borrowers there are resident in Stroud.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

As of 30 April 2025, there were approximately 19,000 (to the nearest 1000) Plan 2 student loan borrowers with a positive loan balance registered with the Student Loans Company (SLC) to postcodes which fall wholly or partly within the local authority area of Stroud District Local Authority.

This will include borrowers who were resident in Stroud, including at parental addresses, when they applied for the loan and have not informed the SLC of a subsequent change of address.

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