Question follow-through · 107586

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of linking differential fees to teaching standards on higher education institutions with higher than average rate of admission to students from the most fina

answeredUma KumaranDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
30 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of linking differential fees to teaching standards on higher education institutions with higher than average rate of admission to students from the most fina

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Maximum fee limits for all higher education (HE) providers will increase from £9,535 to £9,790 in the 2026/27 academic year, and from £9,790 to £10,050 in the 2027/28 academic year. We will then legislate, when parliamentary time allows, to increase tuiti...

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