Contact SLC - repayment enquiries
All the contact details you'll need to get in touch with the Student Loans Company (SLC) about your student loan repayment.
If you want someone else to deal with your account on your behalf, you need to give SLC your consent by phone or post.
On social media
By phone
We welcome Relay UK calls.
General repayment enquiries
England, Scotland and Northern Ireland: 0300 100 0611
(Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June, 8am to 5pm)
Wales: 0300 100 0370
(Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June - closed)
Overseas: +44 141 243 3660
(Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June, 8am to 5pm)
Open Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
We welcome calls in Welsh.
If you’ve paid back more student loan than you owe, phone the general repayment number.
Overpayment enquiries
If you were paid too much grant or loan before 2017
Grant overpayments: 0300 100 0629
Loan overpayments: 0300 100 0628
Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June - closed
If you were paid too much grant or loan after 2017
Grant and loan overpayments: 0300 100 0495
Open Monday to Thursday, 8am to 8pm
Open Friday, 8am to 5.30pm
Open Saturday, 9am to 1pm
Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June - closed
Find out about call charges.
Arrears enquiries
If you have accrued arrears
UK: 0141 243 3970
Overseas: +44 141 243 3970
Open Monday to Thursday, 8am to 8pm
Open Friday, 8am to 5.30pm
Open Saturday, 9am to 1pm
Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June - closed
By post
Student Loans Company
100 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 7JD
We welcome Welsh correspondence. This won’t lead to a delay in our response.
Braille and large print
If you need any of our letters, forms or guides sent to you in Braille or large print, email brailleandlargefonts@slc.co.uk with:
- your address
- your Customer Reference Number
- what you need changing into Braille or large print
- for large print, include the font size and the font type you need
If something goes wrong
Most problems can be put right quickly by phoning us and speaking to one of our dedicated advisors. If we’re unable to resolve your concerns, you might want to follow our complaints process.
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Add temporary opening hours for Thursday 02 June and Friday 03 June 2022.
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Removing bank holiday opening hours
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Updated contact opening hours for 2 May bank holiday
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Festive opening hours have been removed
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Arrears department contact details have been added.
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Edited first line to include guidance on setting up consent to share, must be completed by phone or post.
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Corrected opening hours to show not open on Saturdays.
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Corrected opening hours.
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Removed Easter Bank holidays opening hours and updated General repayment enquiries advice line hours.
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Updated opening hours for Easter bank holiday
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Updating opening hours for customers with grant and loan overpayments
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Overpayments
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Overpayment enquiries re-opened
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Removed information about festive opening hours
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Corrected social media opening hours over festive period.
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Removed downtime messaging.
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Adding messaging re. contact centres being unavailable over weekend of 4 Dec to 7 Dec
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Removed message about offering a partial service due to COVID-19.
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Updated opening hours from 1 June 2020
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Added social media links for contact.
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Updated contact information due to COVID-19
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