Borrower numbers per plan type
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The total number of borrowers at the end of each financial year since financial year 2016-17. Student Finance England Higher Education loans to England and EU domiciled students.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Finance and funding
- Publication
- Student loan forecasts - earnings
- Release
- Financial year 2025-26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 50
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of borrowers at end of FY
- Number of borrowers at start of FY
- Number of borrowers with loans fully repaid or written off in FY
- Filters
- Plan type of loan
- Time period
- 2016-17 to 2025-26
Data set preview
| plan_type | continuing_borrowers_fy_start | new_borrowers | dropped_off_borrowers | total_borrowers_at_fy_end | time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan 1 | 2958900 | 12000 | 39600 | 2970900 | 201617 | Financial year | National | E92000001 | England |
| Plan 1 | 2928400 | 11200 | 42500 | 2939600 | 201718 | Financial year | National | E92000001 | England |
| Plan 1 | 2893700 | 9800 | 45900 | 2903500 | 201819 | Financial year | National | E92000001 | England |
| Plan 1 | 2622100 | 10900 | 281400 | 2633000 | 201920 | Financial year | National | E92000001 | England |
| Plan 1 | 2506200 | 1800 | 126800 | 2508000 | 202021 | Financial year | National | E92000001 | England |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| continuing_borrowers_fy_start | Number of borrowers at start of FY |
| dropped_off_borrowers | Number of borrowers with loans fully repaid or written off in FY |
| new_borrowers | Number of new borrowers in FY |
| plan_type | Plan type of loan - Filter by plan type |
| total_borrowers_at_fy_end | Number of borrowers at end of FY |
Footnotes
- Borrower numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
- Borrowers may appear in the plan breakdown more than once if they have a product on more than one plan; the total number of borrowers by plan type will not match the total number of unique borrowers.
- Coverage: Student Finance England ICR Higher Education Income Contingent Repayment loans to England and England EU domiciled students since Financial Year 2016-17. Advanced Learner loans are not included in this analysis.
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