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<p>Information on the repayment status of student loans is available in the Student
Loans Company (SLC) publication<em>‘Student Loans for Higher Education in England,
Financial Year 2012-13'</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The Amount of Total Public Debt outstanding
(including loans not yet due for repayment) at the start of Financial Year 2012-13
including interest was <strong>£40,271.5m</strong>, rising to <strong>£46,590.4m</strong>
by the end of Financial Year 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of debt written off
or cancelled during the Financial Year 2012-13 was <strong>£27.0m</strong>. This figure
is <strong>0.07%</strong> of the Total Public Debt outstanding at the start of Financial
Year 2012-13 and <strong>0.06%</strong> of the Total Public Debt outstanding at the
end of Financial Year 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Write offs occur for policy reasons;
when borrowers die, become permanently disabled or when their loan reaches age thresholds.
An estimate of ‘bad debt' has not been provided in the answer as there is no standard
definition for this.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics referring to the Financial Year 2013-14
will be published in June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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