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EDM 1056

STUDENT LOANS AND BENEFITS

openUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

Introduced

27 July 2000

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27 July 2000 · Early Day Motion

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Mr Simon Thomas

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27 July 2000

Summary

That this House regrets the fact that student loans are regarded as income for the purposes of housing and council tax benefit; notes that this policy has a particularly injurious effect on mature students, thereby thwarting the Government's laudable aims in respect of life-long learning; believes that this treatment means that such students pay back their loans twice over; and calls upon the Government to disregard loans as income in the future.

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  1. 27 July 2000

    Early Day Motion

    That this House regrets the fact that student loans are regarded as income for the purposes of housing and council tax benefit; notes that this policy has a particularly injurious effect on mature students, thereby thwarting the Government's laudable aims in respect of life-long learning; believes that this treatment means that such students pay back their loans twice over; and calls upon the Government to disregard loans as income in the future.

    Source: Early Day Motion

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