Students: Loans
Business, Innovation and Skills
Written answers and statements, 29 October 2009
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been deducted in student loan repayments from the salaries of individuals in each income group resident in (a) the Truro and St. Austell constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years.
David Lammy (Minister of State (Higher Education and Intellectual Property), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Tottenham, Labour)
Deductions from salaries are made when the borrower's income is above £15,000 per year, £1,250 per month or £288 per week. A borrower who starts work late in the tax year on an annual salary above £15,000 will have deductions made but may have earnings during the tax year of less than £15,000.
Reliable information is not available at constituency level.