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Written question asked by Gordon Marsden (Labour) on Monday, 7 October 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 October 2013 (named day). It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 October 2013 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Students: Loans

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Department's statistics on 24+ advanced learning loans applications, published on 26 September 2013, for what reasons and in what categories 645 applications in the period 1-31 August 2013 were deemed ineligible; and what plans he has to reduce the number of ineligible applications in the future.

Answer

The 645 ineligible loan applications are 3.9% of overall applications from 1-31 August 2013. Initial analysis undertaken by the Student Loans Company (SLC) shows that around 36% of cases were deemed ineligible for residency or age; a further 35% were where either the provider or course were not approved for loan funding ; around 23% were related to learning duration/course duplication and the remaining 6% were for arrears on a previous loan.

The SLC is drafting further guidance for learning providers to explain the most common reasons for applications being deemed ineligible to help reduce future cases where possible. The Skills Funding Agency will feed this information back to providers.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
170326; 568 c373W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Applications Loans Students
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk