Data set from Student loan forecasts for England

Forecast number of students receiving loans, by loan product

Not the latest data

Published 24 September 2020

Last updated 24 September 2020

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Data set details

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
plan_type	loan_type	time_period	number_borrowers	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name
Plan 1	Fee loans	201920	0	Academic year	National	E92000001	England
Plan 1	Maintenance loans	201920	0	Academic year	National	E92000001	England
Plan 2	Full time Fee loans	201920	1100000	Academic year	National	E92000001	England
Plan 2	Full time Maintenance loans	201920	1010000	Academic year	National	E92000001	England
Plan 2	Part time Fee loans	201920	80000	Academic year	National	E92000001	England

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable name	Variable description
loan_type	Loan type - Filter by loan type
number_borrowers	Number of borrowers
plan_type	Plan type of loan - Filter by plan type

Historic statistics on students receiving loans is published by Student Loans Company in the Student Support for Higher Education in England publication: : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-support-for-higher-education-in-england-2019
Plan 2 loans were introduced in place of Plan 1 loans for new entrants to higher education from September 2012. Part-time higher education fee loans were introduced at the same time and part-time maintenance loans were introduced in August 2018.
The outlay model only forecasts students as receiving loans up to six years after they entered higher education, therefore no Plan 1 outlay is forecast from academic year 2019/20 onwards. However, there are some exceptional cases where students may still be paid a Plan 1 loan later than this, e.g. if they had suspended their studies.
Doctoral loans were introduced in August 2018.
Coverage: Borrowers who received loans as English domiciled students studying in the UK or as EU domiciled students studying in England.
Borrowers receiving both fee and maintenance loans for their course are included in both totals.
Master's loans were introduced in August 2016.
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5,000 borrowers.
Advanced Learner Loans were introduced for students aged 24+ on some further education courses in August 2013, and extended to students aged 19-23 in August 2016.

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