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1546848

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 90860 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds data it will not publish on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five or six dependents for the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	99944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>As part of the visa application process the Home Office records the details of the sponsored migrant a dependant is travelling with or joining.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 16:40:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1543614

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 79326 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds any data on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five or six dependents.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	90860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/11/2022 12:00:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1672957

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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, what steps his Department is taking to improve the application process for student visas.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	900301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>During 2023, straightforward applications were delivered within published Service Standards.</p><p>My department introduced technology for a fully digital application process for EEA customers, and customers of any nationality applying in the UK using a UK residence permit.</p><p>We are continually making improvements to processes, working closely with the education sector to support students to apply early with the correct documentation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/11/2023 16:07:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

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

1540726

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of authorised work hours for student visas.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	82394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Student route is for international students who wish to study in the UK and is not designed as a means to live and work in the UK.</p><p>Student visa holders who are studying a full-time course of study, at degree level or above, at a higher education provider with a track record of compliance are already able to work up to 20 hours per week during term-time and full-time during vacation periods.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/11/2022 11:57:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1539467

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 73114 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department records the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five and six dependents.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	79326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/11/2022 17:07:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1536748

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 64270 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds data on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by (a) five and (b) six dependents; what steps her Department is taking to monitor this information; and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's monitoring processes of this information.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	73114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly reviews available data to inform operational processes and policies.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes, including overall volumes of dependants for each route is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/11/2022 11:21:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

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

1522817

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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 recipients of international student visas are accompanied by (a) five and (b) six dependents.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	64270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2022 17:05:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 27420 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

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