Student Debt (Hansard, 2 April 2003)

HC Deb 02 April 2003 vol 402 c720W 720W

§ Mr. Boswell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the taxability of employers' contributions to the write-off of student debt in(a) the public sector and (b) the private sector. [105306]

§ Dawn Primarolo
An employee is taxable on the amount of student debt which his employer pays on his behalf. The tax rules are the same for employees and employers generally, whether in the public or private sector.