The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Insertion of regulation 69A (how to calculate fixed instalment rate)

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23.  After regulation 69 (repayments by fixed instalments) insert—

How to calculate fixed instalment rate

69A.(1) The fixed instalment rate for a student loan is the result of the formula—

(a)calculated on the 6th of April of each year, and

(b)rounded down to the nearest £1 (if necessary).

formula

(2) In the formula—

x” means the median salary for graduates (to the nearest £500) in the most-recent year published by the Department for Education(1);

y” means the repayment threshold for the student loan as calculated under Regulation 24(6).

(1)

The median salary for graduates is published online at https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-labour-markets. Data published in a given calendar year is used to calculate the fixed instalment rate for the financial year beginning in the following calendar year.