Public funding and the costs of regulation
This page details public funding the Office for Students makes available to registered providers and costs of regulation to the higher education sector.
Public funding
|
Public funding available to registered providers (HESA/OfS) |
2021-22 (£ million) |
|
Recurrent teaching grant funding (incl. competition funding) (OfS) |
£1,287m |
|
Research England funding (Research and Knowledge Exchange) |
£2,258m |
|
Other research funding (UKRI and other public sources, incl charities and EU) |
£4,783m |
|
Capital grant funding (OfS and RE) |
£358m |
|
Student support funding – UK and EU students, fees (from SLC) |
£11,181m |
|
Non-UK student fee income – including EU students from 2021-22 |
£7,812m |
|
DfE teacher training funding |
£6m |
|
Health and Hospital Authorities |
£317m |
|
Other services rendered – public sources |
£540m |
|
Total registration-contingent income* |
£28,542m |
* £8,601 million is also paid to students at registered providers through government-backed student loans for maintenance and other support.
Costs of regulation
|
What the sector pays for regulation |
2021-22 |
|
Total sector regulatory fee |
£38.4m |
|
Of which OfS annual registration fee |
£26.2m |
|
Of which fees set by the designated data body |
£10.2m |
|
Of which fees set by the designated quality body |
£2.0m |
|
Total sector student FTE |
2,043,730 |
|
Total sector regulatory fee per student FTE |
£18.79 |
This data shows that on average for a UK home student at an Approved (fee cap) provider, of the £9,250 tuition fee paid, £18.79 is spent on regulatory fees.
The total value of regulatory fees paid by registered English providers represents approximately 0.13 per cent of the income they gain access to via registration with the OfS.
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