Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Autumn Budget 2017, Table 1.9, whether the projected effect of the tuition fee cap freeze in financial years 2020-21 to 2022-23 is based on the tuition fee cap freeze ending after financial year 2019-20.

As set out by the Universities Minister in his Written Ministerial Statement of 9th October, the government has frozen university tuition fee caps for the 2018/19 academic year at the same levels as 2017/18. The Autumn Budget 2017 costings are calculated on that basis. The 2018/19 freeze also has an effect in future years when compared to the previous forecast, because in each future year the maximum fee cap will be lower than it would have been prior to the freeze being introduced.

Ministers confirm fee levels and student support prior to each academic year.