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  University Tuition Fee Cap - Raise Upper Limit to Â£9,000 Per Year
  
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  @MP voted aye to raise the UK's undergraduate tuition fee cap to Â£9,000. 
  @MP voted no against raising the UK's undergraduate tuition fee cap to Â£9,000. 
  The majority of MPs voted to raise the UK's undergraduate tuition fee cap to Â£9,000. 
  
  The motion approved read:
  :That, for the purpose of [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/8/section/24 section 24 of the Higher Education Act 2004][1], the higher amount should be increased to Â£9,000, and to Â£4,500 in the cases described in regulation 5 of the draft regulations in [http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm79/7986/7986.pdf Command Paper Cm 7986][2], and that the increase should take effect from 1 September 2012
  
  Command paper Cm 7986 is a draft document which became The Higher Education (Higher Amount) (England) Regulations 2010. 
  
  The Â£9,000 "Higher Amount"  is the maximum fee an institution can charge if it has a [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/8/section/33 plan in place under section 33 of the 2004 Higher Education Act]. Such plans require institutions to consider how they are to promote awareness of financial and access arrangements for the course. In the absence of such a plan institutions are only permitted to charge the "Basic Amount". This division was followed by another vote which set the "Basic Amount" at Â£6,000 per year.[4] 
  
  The Â£4,500 cap applies to final years and sandwich course years where there is a shorter than usual amount of attendance required at the institution. 
  
  * [1] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/8/section/24 Section 24 of the 2004 Higher Education Act] 
  * [2] [http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm79/7986/7986.pdf Command Paper Cm 7986]
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2010-12-09&number=151 Tuition Fee Cap - Raise Basic Cap to Â£6,000] - House of Commons Division, 9th December 2001. 
  
  
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