Students: Cost of Living

(asked on 28th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180273 on Students: Cost of Living, whether his Department plans to respond to the report's recommendations.


Answered by
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 9th May 2023

The department recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen this year and that have impacted students.

Based on active assessment of the available data and evidence and direct engagement with the sector, the government has taken action to support students with cost of living pressures.

​On 11 January 2023 the department announced a one-off funding boost, increasing this year's student premium by £15 million, to support additional hardship requests.

​There is now £276 million of student premium funding available for the 2023 academic year to support disadvantaged students who need additional help. ​This extra funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship and hardship support schemes.

The department has no current plans to respond formally to the report.

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