Diana Johnson
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ONS Decisions: Student Loans
Diana Johnson Excerpts(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
All aspects of student finance are under consideration in the Augar review, but that is a very different issue from how the ONS classifies various accounting decisions within Government. As I have said, the DFE is leading on the Augar review, and it is addressing those issues.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
Can the Chief Secretary now answer the question that has been put by my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), and by my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on the Front Bench? Can she guarantee that the change in the accounting treatment and the effect on the public finances will not result in a cap on student numbers?
Elizabeth Truss
We do not want to cap student numbers. We have been clear about that as part of the Augar review.