Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions
Change the way Universal Credit is dealt with for Student Maintenance Loans
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Instead of deducting Student Finance Maintenance Loans from UC monthly please treat as income just for the assessment period it is received in. We would then lose some or all of our UC for that month but not every month.
It is not fair that we lose money we are entitled to and would otherwise be paid from UC via monthly deductions yet still owe the full amount of loans taken out when our course ends. We basically end up repaying our maintenance loans twice if we are claiming UC for any significant period of time.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 13 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Rejected
9 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.