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<p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is independent of the Government
and funded by registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis. It is the responsibility
of the HCPC to determine the level of fees that it charges registrants. It would therefore
not be appropriate for the Government to seek a guarantee from the HCPC that it will
not increase its fees for at least the next four years.</p><p>Following public consultation,
the HCPC is planning to raise its annual fees by £16, from £90 to £106 a year from
October 2019. HCPC registration fees will remain the lowest of any of the United Kingdom-wide
health and care regulators. Registration fees are tax-deductible and this fee rise
will amount to just over £1 a month extra for most of the HCPC’s registrants.</p>
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