§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who will pay the planned maximum top-up fee of £3,000 for(a) a Welsh, (b) a Scottish and (c) a Northern Ireland student attending an English university. [139934]
§ Alan JohnsonIt will be for universities themselves to set their fee levels, provided that they have an access agreement approved by the Office for Fair Access. All UK-domiciled students attending an English university will have to pay the fee.
All English-domiciled students will have the option to defer the payment of their fees. It will be for the devolved administrations themselves to decide whether to offer their students the option to defer payment of the fee, by providing them with a loan for fees.