Universities: Students
(asked on 15th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the level of financial support available to university students.
This question was answered on 22nd July 2019
Living costs support increased by 10.3% for students on the lowest incomes in the 2016-17 academic year compared to the previous system, with further inflationary increases for each year since then. The government has announced a 2.8% increase in maximum loans for living costs for the 2019-20 academic year starting in August.
An announcement on financial support for academic year 2020-21 will be made in due course.