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1685613

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) student and (b) student dependent visa applications were received by his Department in the first two weeks of January (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Daly
	uin	11893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>Our published data on student and student dependent visa applications up to September 2023 can be found in the available migration statistics on GOV.UK: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a></p><p>Figures up to 31 December 2023 will be published in the next release. January 2024 figures will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/02/2024 10:06:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1685712

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) economic, and (2) fiscal impact, of the dependents of those on student visas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL2015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>Last year as part of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules published by the department on 17 July, an Impact Assessment was prepared setting out the impact from these Immigration Rules changes. This included analysis on student visas and net migration.</p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment is subject to final departmental clearances and will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2016 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:06:57 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1685220

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of adult dependents of those on student visas who are in work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL1950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment for the EU Withdrawal Bill estimated that of those non-EEA migrants that arrived in or after 2013 and who came to accompany and join, 41% were in employment.</p><p>The Home Office continues to review the evidence around employment of dependants.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/02/2024 16:41:47 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1684994

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued student visas in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, (5) 2022, and (6) 2023, who (a) remain in the UK today, and (b) are expected to remain in the UK five years after their visa was first issued.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL1905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and applicant type (e.g. dependant), and how long they continued to hold leave to remain in the UK. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022 and shows that for those who started their journey on a Study visa in 2017, 20% of main applicants and 26% of dependants held valid leave five years later. The report looks at periods when people held valid leave which does not necessarily mean they were in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1906 question first answered 07/02/2024 12:16:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1684995

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued a visa as a dependent of a student in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, (5) 2022, and (6) 2023, who (a) remain in the UK today, and (b) are expected to remain in the UK five years after their visa was first issued.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
	uin	HL1906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and applicant type (e.g. dependant), and how long they continued to hold leave to remain in the UK. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022 and shows that for those who started their journey on a Study visa in 2017, 20% of main applicants and 26% of dependants held valid leave five years later. The report looks at periods when people held valid leave which does not necessarily mean they were in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL1905 question first answered 07/02/2024 12:16:40 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1680524

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to delay the implementation of the Government's proposed measures to restrict the ability for international students to bring family members to the UK on student visas.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	8509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s measure to further restrict the right for international students to bring dependants to the UK, came into effect for courses starting from 1 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 17:08:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1677856

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many student visa applications have been withdrawn in each of the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	6836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Our published data, which includes data on withdrawn applications, can be found in the available Migration Statistics on GOV.UK, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-september-2023/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/12/2023 11:45:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1676565

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a breakdown by sponsoring higher education institution of the number of student visas issued in each year since 1993.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Certificates of acceptance for Studies (CAS) in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on CAS used in applications for visas and extensions by education sector are published in table ‘CAS_01’ of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#sponsorship" target="_blank">Study Sponsorship (Confirmation of acceptances for Studies)</a> dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates from 2010 up to the end of September 2023.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 12:23:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676567

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a breakdown by country of origin of the number of overseas students each higher education institution in England sponsored visas for in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Certificates of acceptance for Studies (CAS) in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on CAS used in applications for visas and extensions by nationality are published in table ‘CAS_02’ of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#sponsorship" target="_blank">Study Sponsorship (Confirmation of acceptances for Studies)</a> dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates from 2010 up to the end of September 2023.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 13:09:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1675132

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sponsored study visas his Department granted (a) in total and (b) by student nationality in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of Sponsored study applications granted, by nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2022/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visas" target="_blank">Entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.</a></p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to, and including, 2023 Q3 (July to September).</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/12/2023 17:13:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien