Plan 2 Student loans

This section looks at Plan 2 income-based student loans, the first repayments for these loans have started to be collected from April 2016. If you are unsure what type of student loan you have then the Student Loans Company (SLC) website has a tool to help you find out which kind of loan you have.

There are separate sections on our website for Plan 1 income-based loans, postgraduate loans and if you have both Plan 1 and Plan 2 loans.

In the subsequent pages, we cover:

• Plan 2 loans: How and when do I pay back my student loan?
• I am an employee. How do I make Plan 2 student loan repayments?
• I have to fill in a tax return. How do Self Assessment Plan 2 student loan repayments work?
• What happens with my student loan if I go abroad?
• Where can I find out more about student loan repayments?