Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer given to written question UIN 111113, when does her department plan to publish an equalities impact assessment on the freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold due to take effect in April 2027.

The department is expected to publish an equality impact assessment in relation to the Plan 2 repayment threshold and interest threshold freeze after the next Autumn Budget. This assessment will include consideration of the impact on borrowers' lifetime repayments, alongside other impacts on borrowers.