Basic student loan

Karen Fill made this Freedom of Information request to Student Loans Company Limited

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From: Karen Fill

9 July 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

Who decides the level of the basic Living Cost Loan? Are there any
plans to increase it significantly in academic year 2008/09 to help
students with the big rises in basic food costs?

Yours faithfully,
Karen Fill (Mrs)

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Student Loans Company Limited

11 July 2008

Attachment SFD Guide to Financial Support 2008 09.pdf
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Dear Karen

I refer to your email below.

The level of student funding is set by the Department for Innovation,
Universities and Skills.

I can confirm that the loan for Academic year 2008/09 has been increased.

I have attached the guide to financial support for 08/09 for reference.

If you have any other queries please contact our Customer Support Office on
08456 077 577

Kind Regards

Debbie Goldie
FOI Office
Student Loans Company

(See attached file: SFD Guide to Financial Support 2008-09.pdf)

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Who decides the level of the basic Living Cost Loan? Are there any
plans to increase it significantly in academic year 2008/09 to help
students with the big rises in basic food costs?

Yours faithfully, Karen Fill (Mrs)

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Dr K J Hamer left an annotation (31 October 2008)

Doesn't answer the question in my view. May be worth submitting an FOI request to Department for Innovation,
Universities and Skills.

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Karen Fill left an annotation (31 October 2008)

I did write to DIUS (not as an FOI) and received a reply from Bill Rammell saying that "the Student Income and Expenditure Survey (SIES) provides information on the financial position of HE students and helps the Department develop policies to support students more flexibly." It also said that "Student loans are reviewed annually in the light of the Government's estimate of rising prices."

So basically that meant a 2% rise this year regardless of the food and fuel rises. I haven't responded to DIUS as yet, but yesterday's announcement that they've made a mistake with their calculations and are not going to be able to meet their current commitments to support students is appalling, so I may well take this further.

Karen Fill

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