Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the RAB charge of the planned replacement of maintenance grants with means-tested loans.

The current estimate of the RAB charge is published on the Gov.uk website (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model).

This estimate will be updated in Summer 2016, alongside publication of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills accounts.