Student loan repayments are typically deducted from income that is subject to Class 1 National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Therefore, if your pension income does not undergo NIC deductions, it should not be subjected to student loan deductions. However, if you are obligated to file a tax return and your total income exceeds £2,000, you may be liable for student loan repayments.
Broadly speaking, my income is split into two parts.
The injury award, which is tax free and is reckonable for nothing.
Then my occupational and private pensions, neither of which suffer NI deductions and are therefore not considered as income for students tuition fees student loan repayments.
And now I've closed all the smaller pots I had stashed here and there I am no longer registered for self-assessmemt and my penion providers have me on PAYE. Unless I do something daft, like go and get a job, I'll never reply a penny, and when I turn 70 the debt gets binned anyway.