The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 558

Education, England

The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Made

18th May 2023

Laid before Parliament

23rd May 2023

Coming into force

13th June 2023

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations with the consent of the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(1) and (2)(a) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017(1).

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 13th June 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(3) Regulation 2 applies to the amount of the ongoing fee payable by an institution on or after 1st August 2023.

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

ANo more than 25£14,220
BMore than 25 but no more than 50£17,597
CMore than 50 but no more than 75£22,041
DMore than 75 but no more than 100£27,611
EMore than 100 but no more than 300£34,543
FMore than 300 but no more than 500£43,312
GMore than 500 but no more than 1,000£54,332
HMore than 1,000 but no more than 1,500£68,197
IMore than 1,500 but no more than 2,500£85,616
JMore than 2,500 but no more than 5,000£107,598
KMore than 5,000 but no more than 10,000£135,327
LMore than 10,000 but no more than 20,000£170,344
MMore than 20,000£214,485.

Robert Halfon

Minister of State

Department for Education

18th May 2023

We consent

Stuart Anderson

Steve Double

Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

17th May 2023

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 increases the ongoing fee set out in the 2019 Regulations (as amended by the Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/304)) which the Office for Students, the regulator for higher education in England, may charge an institution for its registration in the register of English higher education providers. The register 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(3), the increase applies to the amount of the ongoing fee payable by an institution on or after 1st August 2023.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations because no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

2017 c. 29. The consent of the Treasury has been obtained in accordance with section 70(4).

(2)

S.I. 2019/543, amended by S.I. 2021/304.