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1052449

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on reviewing the level of university fees charged to students; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	215547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The major review of Post-18 Education and Funding is well under way. As part of the review, we are considering how students and graduates contribute to the cost of their studies including the level, terms and duration of their contribution.</p><p> </p><p>We want to make sure that funding arrangements across post-18 education and training are transparent and do not act as barriers to choice or provision, as well as offering value for money for students and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>The independent panel chaired by Philip Augar will report at an interim stage, before the government concludes the overall review in 2019, as set out in our Terms of Reference, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682348/Post_18_review_-_ToR.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682348/Post_18_review_-_ToR.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/02/2019 10:51:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1008475

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 8 of the report of the Education Committee, Value for money in higher education, published on 5 November 2018, if will take steps to require universities to publish a breakdown of how tuition fees are spent.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	192124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Students’ ability to make informed choices is at the heart of our recent reforms to higher education (HE). This government recognises the importance of this area and is increasing the information available to students to ensure that they can make informed choices about what and where to study.</p><p>As set out in the department’s strategic guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), we expect them to play a key role in delivering our objectives to improve and support informed choice through the provision of effective information, advice and guidance to all students. In February, we asked the OfS to work with the HE sector to improve transparency so that students know what they should expect and can effectively challenge providers who do not deliver on their commitments.</p><p>In addition, we asked the OfS to consider how to increase the transparency and visibility of what students can expect to receive for their investment at different HE providers, by making Longitudinal Education Outcomes data more widely available such as through publication on Unistats, thereby enabling students to make the right choices for them.</p><p>Although we provide guidance for the OfS, we cannot instruct it to undertake any specific course of action as it is an independent arm’s length body.</p><p>The government will respond directly to the Education Select Committee on its HE value for money report recommendations in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/11/2018 16:41:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

932189

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plays any role in the setting of university tuition fees; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	158680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The government sets maximum fees for home students studying undergraduate courses. These will remain at £9,250 for full-time courses for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 academic years. Universities are able to set the precise level of fees they charge provided they do not exceed these caps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/07/2018 14:30:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

924666

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to make an assessment of the value for money of degree courses at universities that charge the maximum fees.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	154144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>As announced by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister on 19 February, the government is conducting a major review across post-18 education and funding. The review will ensure that the system is giving every individual a genuine choice between high quality technical, vocational and academic routes, students and taxpayers are getting value for money, and employers can access the skilled workforce they need.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring value for money for students, graduates and taxpayers is at the heart of the review. It will consider how students and graduates contribute to the cost of their studies, how we can ensure funding arrangements across post-18 education are transparent and do not act as barriers to choice or provision, and how best to promote institutional efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The review is being supported by an independent panel, led by Philip Augar, and comprising experts from across post-18 education and the business world. The panel will publish their report at an interim stage, before the government concludes the overall review in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/06/2018 15:08:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

924711

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of universities which charge the maximum fees for all of their courses.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	154145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data on the level of fees that universities charge for their courses. To ensure that, students from all backgrounds are able to enter, succeed in and progress from higher education and, providers of higher education are able to deliver value for money for students, the department works closely with institutions and the newly created Office for Students (OfS).</p><p> </p><p>The OfS is a new public body that combines the regulatory functions of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) with many of the functions of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Prior to the responsibilities transferring to the OfS in April 2018, OFFA published a report on Access Agreements for 2018-19. The report indicates that 26 universities or colleges (13 per cent of those with access agreements) plan to charge £9,250 for all of their courses in the academic year 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/06/2018 15:33:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

914717

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to allow UK citizens currently residing in the EU to qualify for home-student tuition fees after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	148593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Generally, to be eligible for student support from Student Finance England, a student should be resident in England, have ‘settled’ status, on the first day of the first academic year of the course and must have been resident in the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the three years prior to that date. The three year residency period should not have been “wholly or mainly” for the purpose of receiving full time education. The requirements for home fee status where students are studying in England are broadly similar. There are some, limited exceptions to these general principles.</p><p>There are currently specific provisions in the rules that provide access to student support for persons who hold settled status in the UK and have left England to exercise a right of residence elsewhere in the Economic European Area (EEA) or Switzerland.</p><p>The rules on eligibility for student finance support for UK nationals who are currently residing in the EEA and Switzerland, and who commence courses in England after the UK has left the EU, are under consideration.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/06/2018 13:58:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

892348

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) UK citizens and (b) Commonwealth citizens that are descendants of those who arrived in the UK under Windrush arrangements have been charged international student fee rates by UK universities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	138438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>To qualify for home fee status in England, a person must have settled status or a recognised connection to the UK. This includes people who have long residence in this country, who are covered by EU law or who have been granted international protection by the Home Office. They must ordinarily have been resident in the UK before the start of their course. Higher education providers have the discretion to be flexible in dealing with individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>Data on students granted home fee status at UK Higher Education Institutions is recorded by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, however the immigration status of the students’ parents is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/05/2018 15:55:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

874854

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the proposal for differential fees for different university courses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Leeds North West to the answer I gave on 26 February 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-02-26/129545" target="_blank">129545</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/04/2018 09:42:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

869479

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of university tuition fees on the financial viability of students attending university.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	133993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The student finance system ensures upfront costs of tuition are not a barrier to accessing higher education. Eligible students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, can apply for up-front fee loans to meet the full costs of their tuition.</p><p> </p><p>Full-time students from disadvantaged backgrounds also have access to the highest ever amounts of cash in hand loan support for their living costs. Monthly loan repayments are linked to income, not to interest rates or the amount borrowed.</p><p> </p><p>The current system has enabled record numbers of 18 year olds to benefit from higher education with progress continuing to be made on widening participation. There is a record entry rate for 18 year olds going to university for full-time study, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>The government publishes Equality Analyses setting out the impact of the annual changes to student finance on protected and disadvantaged groups of students.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/03/2018 16:48:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

968090

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the level of student debt of universities charging administration fees for courses.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Any fee charged by the particular institution in respect of administration, registration, tuition and graduation is subject to the maximum fee cap that a student may be charged, and it is for the institution to determine the level of their administration fee within that overall cap.</p><p> </p><p>There is nothing in legislation that compels a university to publish the breakdown of how the £9,250 maximum fee is constructed. However, the institution does have responsibility under Consumer Protection Law, to provide clear advice to students on fees/costs before they make a decision on whether they accept a course offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2018 13:20:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord