2008-10 Student Loan Write off Query

Mrs_P_Pincher

My husband took out student loans in 2008-9 and 2009-10 for the first two years of a degree course. He completed the first two years and then withdrew in November 2010 at the start of his third year. He repaid all the finance he had had for the third year, leaving just that for the first two years outstanding.

He has made some payments since leaving uni but moving forward his income will be below the threshold. Realistically he will not be making any payments in the future.

He was told by the uni that as he was a mature student (55 when he started his course), his loans would be written off at 60. He was 60 last month and has just received a Final Annual Statement for the last tax year. Previous statements have just been headed Annual Statement.

This is all very unclear, but does this mean his loans have been written off? I can’t find anything on the Student Finance England web site about special arrangements for mature students, although if you search there are lots of references to this on other websites.


Can anyone advise please?

Poolie

Mrs_P_Pincher wrote: »

My husband took out student loans in 2008-9 and 2009-10 for the first two years of a degree course. He completed the first two years and then withdrew in November 2010 at the start of his third year. He repaid all the finance he had had for the third year, leaving just that for the first two years outstanding.

He has made some payments since leaving uni but moving forward his income will be below the threshold. Realistically he will not be making any payments in the future.

He was told by the uni that as he was a mature student (55 when he started his course), his loans would be written off at 60. He was 60 last month and has just received a Final Annual Statement for the last tax year. Previous statements have just been headed Annual Statement.

This is all very unclear, but does this mean his loans have been written off? I can’t find anything on the Student Finance England web site about special arrangements for mature students, although if you search there are lots of references to this on other websites.


Can anyone advise please?

Best to get your husband to contact Student Loans Company and confirm if they have written off the loan yet.