Oliver Heald
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ONS Decisions: Student Loans
Oliver Heald Excerpts(6 years ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
That is a slightly strange question from the hon. Lady, given we have just seen the highest real wage growth for 10 years coming through our economy.[Official Report, 20 December 2018, Vol. 651, c. 6MC.]
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire) (Con)
Does my right hon. Friend agree with me that part of the ONS thinking is based on the fact that the amount someone has to earn before they start to repay has been increased very substantially under this Government, saving hundreds of thousands of students £300 or £400 a year? The effect of that, however, is that less of the money is repaid quickly or, indeed, at all.
Elizabeth Truss
My right hon. and learned Friend is right to point out that people do not pay back on their student loan until they are earning £25,000.