Method of making determinations under regulation 75(3) of the 2009 Regulations

The request was successful.

Shimon Goldwater

Dear Student Loans Company Limited,

Please can you confirm any rules which the SLC applies when making determinations pursuant to regulation 75(3) of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (as amended). Please also send me copies, if they exist, of any documents recording decision-making policies in respect of that regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Shimon Goldwater

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FOI Requests, Student Loans Company Limited

Dear Mr Goldwater

Thank you for your email dated 11/06/2018.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”).

Your request has been allocated reference 139-18.

We will respond to you under the terms of the FOIA and within 20 working
days.

We will contact you further for clarification of your request if this is
considered necessary.  

Yours sincerely

Louise Chapman | Legal Executive
Student Loans Company
100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JD
e: 32080  t: 0141 306 2080

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FOI Requests, Student Loans Company Limited

Dear Mr Goldwater

I refer to your recent email dated 11/06/2018 requesting the following
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”):

“Please can you confirm any rules which the SLC applies when making
determinations pursuant to regulation 75(3) of the Education (Student
Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (as amended). Please also send me
copies, if they exist, of any documents recording decision-making policies
in respect of that regulation.”
Response

Having conducted a search of our records I can confirm that the Student
Loans Company Limited (“SLC”) holds some information that falls within the
scope of your request.

With regards to the amount to be repaid by overseas borrowers, I would
refer you to the 2017/18 Repayment Guidance Chapter which is publicly
available (therefore exempt from disclosure under section 21(1) of the
FOIA), and can be found at:

[1]https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/medi...

While regulation 75(3) is not specifically referred to in the Repayment
Guidance Chapter, the 'Overseas Borrowers - Plan 1 Loans' (page 12) and
'Overseas Borrowers - Plan 2 Loans' (page 14) sections under the Repayment
Threshold chapter explain how amounts are calculated and provide useful
examples. Annex B (Plan 1 loans) and Annex D (Plan 2 loans) provide band,
price level index and monthly instalment figures.  

The student loan repayment website ([2]www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk)
also has information specific to repayments by overseas borrowers:

Plan 1 loan -
[3]http://www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk/po...
Plan 1 overseas thresholds -
[4]http://www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk/po...

Plan 2 loan -
[5]http://www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk/po...
Plan 2 overseas thresholds -
[6]http://www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk/po...

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right to ask for an internal review.

Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date
of receipt of the response to your original request and should be
addressed to the Freedom of Information Office, Student Loans Company
Limited, 100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7JD,   Email:
[SLC request email].  Please remember to quote the reference number
above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

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Yours sincerely

Louise Chapman | Legal Executive
Student Loans Company
100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JD
e: 32080  t: 0141 306 2080

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Shimon Goldwater

Dear Student Loans Company Limited,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Student Loans Company Limited's handling of my FOI request 'Method of making determinations under regulation 75(3) of the 2009 Regulations'.

I wish to understand how the SLC makes determinations as to the expected likely income of overseas borrowers over the 12 months following the determination date. For example, the SLC asks borrowers to submit 3 months of recent payslips. Does the SLC always simply assume that during the next 12 months the borrower's income will reflect exactly the sums in the payslips, or is the determination more sophisticated that that. The SLC's answers so far have pointed me towards publicly available information regarding the relevant law, of which I was already aware. The SLC has not provided any documents or information setting out the rules which it applies in its internal decision-making process when determining likely prospective income of overseas borrowers.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...

Yours faithfully,

Shimon Goldwater

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FOI Requests, Student Loans Company Limited

Dear Mr Goldwater

I refer to your email dated 17/07/2018.

Your request for an internal review has been allocated reference IR06-18.

We aim to respond to requests for internal reviews within 20 working days.
 We will provide an update in due course if we envisage any difficulties
with meeting this deadline.

Yours sincerely

Louise Chapman | Legal Executive
Student Loans Company
100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JD
e: 32080  t: 0141 306 2080

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From:        Shimon Goldwater <[FOI #490695 email]>
To:        FOI requests at SLC <[SLC request email]>
Date:        17/07/2018 09:21
Subject:        Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Method
of making determinations under regulation 75(3) of the 2009 Regulations

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Dear Student Loans Company Limited,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Student Loans Company
Limited's handling of my FOI request 'Method of making determinations
under regulation 75(3) of the 2009 Regulations'.

I wish to understand how the SLC makes determinations as to the expected
likely income of overseas borrowers over the 12 months following the
determination date. For example, the SLC asks borrowers to submit 3 months
of recent payslips. Does the SLC always simply assume that during the next
12 months the borrower's income will reflect exactly the sums in the
payslips, or is the determination more sophisticated that that. The SLC's
answers so far have pointed me towards publicly available information
regarding the relevant law, of which I was already aware. The SLC has not
provided any documents or information setting out the rules which it
applies in its internal decision-making process when determining likely
prospective income of overseas borrowers.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[3]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...

Yours faithfully,

Shimon Goldwater

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Dear Mr Goldwater

Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding.

Pleased find attached our internal reviewer's response to your request for
an internal review.

Yours sincerely

Louise Chapman | Legal Executive
Student Loans Company
100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 7JD
e: 32080  t: 0141 306 2080

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