Student Tuition Fees and Maintenance Loans - Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:11 pm on 18 December 2018.

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Photo of Lord Bates Lord Bates The Minister of State, Department for International Development 3:11, 18 December 2018

As I said, the Augar review is due to report during 2019. It was set up in February 2018 by the Prime Minister and it will report to the Chancellor, the Prime Minister and, of course, the Secretary of State for Education. Regarding the assumptions, the ONS still has some work to do, as it said in its announcement; it will not come out with the correct figure until September next year. The working assumption on the amount of loans that will not be repaid, as used in the current calculations, is 45%. It is a matter for the OBR and the ONS to review that when they make their recommendations, which we will follow.