Official Statistics (SLC)

The Official Statistics are produced to the same standards as the National Statistics but have not undergone a National Statistics assessment by the UK Statistics Authority.

In 2009 the SLC started publishing an Official Statistics series on Income Contingent Loan Repayments by Repayment Cohort.

The latest publications are for tax year 2009/2010. For previous publications see the archive.

CORRECTION NOTICE - October 2011

An incorrect dataset was used to prepare the Student Loan debt figures in Table 3 of the publications on 22 June 2010. The dataset included borrowers that should have been excluded i.e. those who had fully repaid their loans but had a residual credit balance.

The effect is small for the most recent cohorts but is significant for the older cohorts. For England, the average debt for the 2010 cohort at 31/3/2010 has been corrected from £14,730 to £14,860 whereas the average debt for the 2000 cohort at 31/3/2009 has been corrected from £4,290 to £6,050.The corrected publications have been prepared and are being replaced in the archive as and when they are cleared by the relevant Head of Profession.

Please note that these historic figures have all subsequently been superseded by more recent data. See the publications in June 2011: "Income Contingent Repayments by Repayment Cohort and Tax Year 2000/01 To 2009/10 Inclusive (Provisional)"