Petition · past parliament
Raise university tuition fees using current CPI, not forecasted RPIX
Closed
42 signatures
What the petition asks
This petition urges the government to use CPI (currently at 0.5%) to increase tuition fees instead of the 2.8% forecasted rate from the Office of Budget Responsibility. This rate will benefit students more, whilst also covering the cost of inflation for universities.
Due to the HE Bill universities are already publishing new tuition fees of £9250 per year, an increase of just under 2.8%. Currently, no rate of inflation published by ONS is close to 2.8% and RPIX, the rate the government is making calculations on, is only 1.5%. 2.8% is a 10 year forecast for RPIX. To put tutition fees in line with inflation a new tuition fee should be calculated each year using CPI figures at the time.
Timeline
| 1 Aug 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Feb 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
42
Status
Closed
Opened
1 Aug 2016
Closed
1 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.