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1454745

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date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) allocations function as a de facto cap on the number of international students that can be sponsored for study in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7384 HL7385 HL7386 HL7387 HL7388 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1454746

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the legal basis for the imposition of limits on the numbers of Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) allocations to individual institutions seeking to admit international students.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7383 HL7385 HL7386 HL7387 HL7388 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1454747

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) allocations were given to holders of student sponsor licences (1) by institution, and (2) in total, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7383 HL7384 HL7386 HL7387 HL7388 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1454748

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies issued were unassigned (1) by institution, and (2) in total, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7383 HL7384 HL7385 HL7387 HL7388 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1454749

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many sponsoring institutions have unsuccessfully requested increases to their Confirmations of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) allocations.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7383 HL7384 HL7385 HL7386 HL7388 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1454750

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what their planned allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) will be for (1) the next year they can be sought, and (2) each of the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
uin	HL7388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to welcome international students and we place no limit on their numbers.</p><p>In February 2021, the UK Government published an update to the International Education Strategy, recommitting to the ambitions to sustainably increase international students in the UK to 600,000 per year by 2030.</p><p>New sponsors can apply for an allocation of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) of up to 50 percent of their current student body. Subsequent annual requests can be made for up to a 50 percent increase on a CAS allocation for sponsors who have assigned more than 50 CAS in the previous year.</p><p>There is no upper limit on the number of CAS which can be allocated across the system, or the number of providers able to gain a sponsor licence. Sponsors are able to submit additional in-year requests on an exceptional basis and there are no limits on the total number of CAS to be allocated in any given year. These requirements are set out in the published Student Sponsor guidance.</p><p>In the case of <em>R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) </em>the Supreme Court found the general principle of mandatory requirements for sponsors and actions they must take to maintain a licence were ruled to be lawful and derived from the authority of the Immigration Act 1971, which would include requirements on the numbers of CAS allocated to sponsors.</p><p>Data on CAS allocations for specific institutions is not currently published. However, we do produce data at detailed sponsorship dataset which breaks down the numbers of CAS used by types of educational institution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7383 HL7384 HL7385 HL7386 HL7387 question first answered 11/04/2022 14:21:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone