Add student loan repayment calibration targets #253
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Add calibration targets for student loan repayments from SLC 2024-25 statistics: - UK total repayments: £5.6bn - England: £5.0bn - Scotland: £0.203bn - Wales: £0.229bn - Northern Ireland: £0.182bn Includes projected values for 2025-2029 with ~3.5% annual growth. Sources: - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-england-2024-to-2025 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-scotland-2024-to-2025 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-wales-2024-to-2025 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-northern-ireland-2024-to-2025 Closes #237 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds student loan repayment calibration targets to the loss function using SLC (Student Loans Company) official statistics for 2024-25.
Changes
Added to
tax_benefit.csv:student_loan_repayment: UK total (£5.6bn in 2024-25)student_loan_repayment_england: England (£5.0bn)student_loan_repayment_scotland: Scotland (£0.203bn)student_loan_repayment_wales: Wales (£0.229bn)student_loan_repayment_northern_ireland: Northern Ireland (£0.182bn)Projected values for 2025-2029 with ~3.5% annual growth to account for borrower growth and wage increases.
Updated
loss.py:Added student loan repayment calculations broken down by country, matching existing patterns for council tax and other regional aggregates.
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Notes
student_loan_repaymentvariable which includes all plan typesCloses #237
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