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Student Finance Students from Low-income Backgrounds 2020-01-20

2020-01-20

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Zarah Sultana Lab
Coventry South
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Discusses the tripling of tuition fees in 2010 and personal student debt.
What assessment has been made regarding the effect of the current student finance system on students coming from low-income families, considering the increase in personal debt as highlighted by Zarah Sultana?
Chris Skidmore (Secretary of State for Education)
Students pay nothing back until they earn £25,725 a year, increasing to £26,575 from April 2020. The number of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university has risen by 62% since 2009. We are committed to looking at interest rates in future as part of the Conservative manifesto's proposals.
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