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Students: Fees and Charges

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 31 January 2025UIN 25282

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing tuition fees for foundation year in-classroom-based subjects on the finances of universities.

Answered by Janet Daby

On 20 January 2025, the department published a regulatory impact assessment covering the reduction in tuition fee and loan limits for higher education foundation years in classroom-based subjects, which is available here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2025/13/pdfs/ukia_20250013_en.pdf.

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