Higher Technical Qualifications: Costs

(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average cost of a Higher Technical Qualification at (1) Level 4, and (2) Level 5.


Answered by
Baroness Barran Portrait
Baroness Barran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 18th December 2023

Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) started being taught in providers in England in September 2022. At this time, the department does not hold data on the average cost of HTQs across all providers.

The government sets maximum fee limits for providers registering with the Office for Students as Approved (Fee Cap) Providers who can charge up to £9,250 for a full-time course leading to an HTQ and up to £6,935 for a part-time course leading to an HTQ in the 2023/24 academic year.

Eligible students, who are starting designated full-time and part-time courses leading to an HTQ in the 2023/24 academic year, qualify for up-front fee loans to meet the full cost of their tuition and partially means-tested loans for living costs.

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