Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2018 to Question 126486, on further education: loans, what discussions he or Ministers of his Department have had with the (a) Student Loans Company and (b) Education and Skills Funding Agency on that matter.

I have regular meetings with the Education and Skills Funding Agency, including considering what further action may be necessary in respect of learners affected by the failure of these providers. I have asked the Student Loans Company to write to those learners to advise them of next steps.