Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions she has had with the Office for Students on the potential merits of uprating the registration fee charged to providers in line with the rate of inflation for the 2023-24 academic year.

Ministers, department officials and the Office for Students (OfS) regularly consider the funding and resourcing the OfS needs to deliver its current and future priorities, and how to set registration fees. When considering this, the department takes into account various factors, including the rate of inflation.