Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will publish its response to the consultation of the lifelong loan entitlement.

The department published the consultation on the lifelong loan entitlement (LLE) on 24 February 2022, as part of its planned pathway to delivery.

The consultation concluded on 6 May 2022. The department will publish its response to it in due course, after it has carefully considered the contributions received.

Outside of this formal consultation, the department continues to engage with stakeholders to deliver the ambition of the LLE.

Overall, stakeholders have been positive in welcoming the LLE and the flexibility it offers. They also expressed their keenness for a simpler system which is better understood than the current student finance system.