Education and Skills written statement – made at on 21 November 2006.
Bill Rammell
Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education), Department for Education and Skills
The UK has a continuing obligation under the United Nations Charter to promote the well-being of the inhabitants of its Overseas Territories, and we are committed under the white paper "Partnership for Progress and Prosperity—Britain and the Overseas Territories" to ensuring their social and economic development. I am therefore pleased to tell Parliament that in response to representations about students from our Overseas Territories, the Department for Education and Skills will be making changes to our Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations and to The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations from the 2007-08 academic year to allow these students to pay home fees, and not the higher overseas fee rate. This policy change will also apply to students from the overseas territories of Denmark, France and the Netherlands.
ANNEXE A
The specified territories to which the change will apply are:
| British Overseas Territories |
| Anguilla |
| Bermuda |
| British Antarctic Territory |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
| British Virgin Islands |
| Cayman Islands |
| Falkland Islands |
| Montserrat |
| Pitcairn Islands |
| South Georgia & the South Sandwich Isles |
| St Helena & its Dependencies |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
| Overseas Territories of other EU Member States |
| Greenland & Faeroe Isles (Denmark) |
| Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Marten) and Aruba (Netherlands) |
| French Possessions |
| New Caledonia |
| French Polynesia |
| Wallis and Futuna |
| Mayotte |
| St Pierre et Miquelon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories |
A document issued by the Government laying out its policy, or proposed policy, on a topic of current concern.Although a white paper may occasion consultation as to the details of new legislation, it does signify a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. This is a contrast with green papers, which are issued less frequently, are more open-ended and may merely propose a strategy to be implemented in the details of other legislation.
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