Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the median level of student debt in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
The median debt of full-time undergraduate borrowers funded by student finance England, whose postcode is within the Mid Bedfordshire constituency, and who entered repayment within the last 5 years, is £43,772.37. The median debt includes tuition fees and maintenance loans.
The borrower’s postcode refers to the current contact or home address supplied by the borrower to the Student Loans Company.
Full-time undergraduate higher education students starting in the academic year 2022/23 are expected to borrow on average £42,100 over the course of their studies. More information and a link to the publication can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/student-loan-forecasts-for-england.