Terms of Reference
Collection of Student Loans Consultation Group
The Group will be HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC) principal forum for
employer representatives and intermediaries including payroll specialists
on student loan issues.
The Group will be a sub-group of HMRC's Employment Consultation Forum.
The Group will provide a forum for:
- HMRC to explain and obtain feedback on the implications of potential changes
to products and processes relating to student loan collection, including
Regulatory changes
- employer representatives, intermediaries and payroll specialists to advise,
raise and discuss issues, concerns or problems for employers in administering
their student loan obligations
- cross government consultation on student loan issues that affect employers
and borrowers, led by HMRC
- discussing student loan issues affecting borrowers who are repaying through
Self Assessment, and/or agents of such borrowers
The Group will be made up of nominees of employers', borrowers’ and
intermediaries' representative organisations, together with collection
of student loan representatives from HMRC, the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Student Loans Company (SLC).
HMRC will provide the Chair and Secretariat for the Group.
The Secretary will act as the principal point of contact for the Group.
The Group will normally meet quarterly, but where appropriate will consider
and decide on issues by email between formal meetings. Exceptionally, additional
meetings may be called at short notice to discuss urgent issues.
Agendas will be prepared with contributions from Group members and circulated,
normally a week before meetings.
The minutes of meetings will be published on the internet.
HMRC will take responsibility for notifying the Group where any issues
are being discussed on a confidential basis and the key points arising
from any such discussions will be recorded in a separate note to the Group,
along with the minutes that are being published on the internet.