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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

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

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