The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 304

Education, England

The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

12th March 2021

Laid before Parliament

15th March 2021

Coming into force

5th April 2021

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017(1).

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 5th April 2021.

(2) Regulation 2 applies to the amount of the ongoing fees payable by institutions on or after 1st August 2021.

Amendment of the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019

2.  For the table in the Schedule to the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019(2) substitute—

“Column 1 Fee band	Column 2 Number of full-time equivalent students	Column 3 Ongoing fee
A	No more than 25	£11,900
B	More than 25 but no more than 50	£14,850
C	More than 50 but no more than 75	£18,600
D	More than 75 but no more than 100	£23,300
E	More than 100 but no more than 300	£29,150
F	More than 300 but no more than 500	£36,550
G	More than 500 but no more than 1,000	£45,850
H	More than 1,000 but no more than 1,500	£57,550
I	More than 1,500 but no more than 2,500	£72,250
J	More than 2,500 but no more than 5,000	£90,800
K	More than 5,000 but no more than 10,000	£114,200
L	More than 10,000 but no more than 20,000	£143,750
M	More than 20,000	£181,000”.

Michelle Donelan

Minister of State

Department for Education

12th March 2021

We consent

Maggie Throup

David Rutley

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

26th February 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/543) (“the 2019 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 reduces by approximately 3% the annual ongoing fees set out in the 2019 Regulations which the Office for Students, the higher education regulator in England, may charge institutions for their registration in the register of English higher education providers which is maintained by the Office for Students under section 3 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29). By virtue of regulation 1(2), the reduction in fees applies to the amount of the ongoing fees payable by institutions on or after 1st August 2021.

A full impact assessment of the effect that the 2019 Regulations would have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector was produced. No further impact assessment has been carried out in relation to this instrument.

(1)

2017 c. 29.

(2)

S.I. 2019/543.