Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce a graduate tax to replace tuition fee loans that would not incur additional borrowing above the current level for university student finance.

The government has no plans to implement a graduate tax, but the current loans system has many of the features of one. Income-contingent student loans and grants are an equitable way of funding higher education, as individuals who benefit financially from higher-level study make a fair contribution towards its cost, while lower earners are protected.