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1150214

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on international student numbers of the decision to restrict UK student visas for foreign graduates to four months after completion of their studies.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes international students to the UK, and recognises that they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p>The recent announcement of the new Graduate route demonstrates that the UK is globally focussed and our commitment to attracting the brightest and best talent from around the world to study and work in the UK.</p><p>The UK already has an excellent and competitive visa offer for international students wanting to study at our world-class institutions and the introduction of the Graduate route is aimed at enhancing this by providing greater opportunities for talented international students who will be able to remain in the UK for two years to work once they have successfully completed their studies.</p><p>The number of university-sponsored Tier 4 student visa applications increased by 11% in the year ending June 2019, and is at its highest recorded level.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 827 828 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1150216

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to enable (a) current students and (b) recently graduated students still resident on their student visa to remain for two years after graduation in order to find a job.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes international students to the UK, and recognises that they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p>The recent announcement of the new Graduate route demonstrates that the UK is globally focussed and our commitment to attracting the brightest and best talent from around the world to study and work in the UK.</p><p>The UK already has an excellent and competitive visa offer for international students wanting to study at our world-class institutions and the introduction of the Graduate route is aimed at enhancing this by providing greater opportunities for talented international students who will be able to remain in the UK for two years to work once they have successfully completed their studies.</p><p>The number of university-sponsored Tier 4 student visa applications increased by 11% in the year ending June 2019, and is at its highest recorded level.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 826 827 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1150215

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision has been made for international students (a) studying and (b) recently graduated that are resident on their student visa since the previous restriction was made in 2012 who are not currently entitled to remain for two years after graduation to find a job.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes international students to the UK, and recognises that they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p>The recent announcement of the new Graduate route demonstrates that the UK is globally focussed and our commitment to attracting the brightest and best talent from around the world to study and work in the UK.</p><p>The UK already has an excellent and competitive visa offer for international students wanting to study at our world-class institutions and the introduction of the Graduate route is aimed at enhancing this by providing greater opportunities for talented international students who will be able to remain in the UK for two years to work once they have successfully completed their studies.</p><p>The number of university-sponsored Tier 4 student visa applications increased by 11% in the year ending June 2019, and is at its highest recorded level.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 826 828 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1149451

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the seasonal workers pilot scheme were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 723 724 725 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149452

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the seasonal workers pilot scheme from businesses operating in Scotland were (a) made and (b) successful.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 724 725 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149453

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications under the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated but not filled with a seasonal worker.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 725 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149455

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department plans to use to evaluate the seasonal workers pilot scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 726 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149457

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated to (a) operators and (b) businesses in (i) Mcray, (ii) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, (iii) Banff and Buchan, (iv) Gordon and (v) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituencies.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 725 726 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149458

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated to (a) operators and (b) businesses in (i) Ayr Carrick and Cumnock, (ii) Dumfries and Galloway, (iii) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedale, (iv) Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and (v) East Lothian.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 725 726 727 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:47 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1149456

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the seasonal workers pilot scheme were allocated to (a) operators and (b) businesses in (i) Angus, (ii) Perth and North Perthshire, (iii) Stirling, (iv) Ochil and South Perthshire and (v) North East Fife.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The numbers of visa applications made, approved and refused under Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme are published in the quarterly Immigration statistics. This information is available on the Gov.uk website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables</a></p><p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is a UK wide scheme. The recruitment and placement of migrant workers is managed by the two scheme operators who have been licensed to manage the pilot. Both scheme operators cover the whole of the country and in 2019 both operators were allocated 1,250 scheme places. The Home Office does not hold information relating to the allocation of workers to specific regions.</p><p>Any places allocated to applicants who subsequently decide not to travel to the UK are made available to other applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 722 723 724 725 727 728 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:09:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown