Network Charging

A Network Charge is levied upon each higher education institution (HEI) which receives a connection to JANET funded by the JISC. The basis for this charge is a requirement from the Higher Education Funding Councils that a certain proportion of the overall budget for JANET is collected from HEI recipients of JANET connections.The Network Charge is apportioned between individual HEIs pro rata to their individual total incomes, as audited and reported to HESA, and is set on an AY basis. The most recent figures available are used; in practice this means that Network Charges for any given AY are set using the audited incomes for the previous AY but one. For example, the Network Charge for AY 2009-2010 was set using audited incomes for AY 2007-2008.

The amount to be collected was initially set at £5 million for AY 2003-2004 and rises annually by an amount which the Higher Education Funding Councils determine when setting the annual budget for JANET. The sum to be collected was set at £6.25 million for AY 2090-2010 and was left at the same amount for AY 2010-2011 due to the funding climate at the time.

JANET(UK) is legally required to levy VAT at the current rate when it issues invoices to each HEI for the Network Charge. In doing this it adjusts the amount it is required to collect to account for the VAT levied. Thus in AY 2010-2011 it collected ca. £5.32 million + VAT to reach the required total of £6.26 million.

The Higher Education Funding Councils have requested that amount to be collected for AY 2011-2012 remains at £5.32 million plus VAT. As the Government increased the rate of VAT to 20% with effect from January 2011 this means that the total amount collected for AY 2011-2012 will be ca. £6.38 million, an increase of 2.13% on the amount for AY 2010-2011. Note that this increase will apply to an individual HEI only if it is unable to recover the VAT element of the Network Charge.

Details of the HE network charges for AY 2011-2012 can now be found at:

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2011 - 2012

Any queries about the charges should be sent to the JANET Service Desk at: service@ja.net.

Earlier Documentation

JISC consultation December 2001: supporting documentation.

Report from JISC Executive on consultation - 4 April 2002

JISC circular letter to HEIs - March 2003

Previous Network Charges

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2010 - 2011

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2009 - 2010

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2008-09 - Version 2

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2007-08

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2006-07

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2005-06

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2004-05

Spreadsheet of Network Charges for AY 2003-04