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Students: Loans

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 116601

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the difference in approach in Wales towards freezing Part 2 Student Loan repayment thresholds on equalities in England.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

Education is a devolved matter, and therefore it is a matter for the devolved administrations to decide how they wish to develop their higher education systems. It is for the Welsh government to develop their own equalities impact assessment for borrowers in Wales.

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