Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of the Crown Dependencies on the allocation of costs for the extension of home fees to all students and institutions in England before that decision was announced.

We have updated our regulations to grant home fee status for those students from the Crown Dependencies who meet the residency requirements, and who come to England solely for the purposes of higher or further education study from the 2021/22 academic year. This underpins our strong commitment to the UK’s relationship with the Crown Dependencies.

Students from the Crown Dependencies make an important contribution to our universities, and it is testament to the appeal and success of our higher education sector that so many students from the Crown Dependencies choose to come and study here.

This decision was communicated to the respective governments of the Crown Dependencies, to the Office for Students, and on GOV.UK in January 2021, before regulations were made in February 2021, and came into force in March 2021.