Accreditation as National Statistics means that those statistics are deemed compliant with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
The National Statistics are published as Statistical First Releases (SFRs).
There is one statistical series for Student Support awards (loan rates, loan take up, grants awarded, etc) on an academic year basis. The latest publication is for academic year 2009/10. The latest publication for England was corrected on 13 August 2010. For previous publications see the archive. The pre-release access list for these statistics can be found on page 7 here.
There is one statistical series for Student Loans debt and repayment on a financial year basis. The last publication was for financial year 2009-10. For previous publications see the archive. The pre-release access list for these statistics can be found on page 6 here.