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426919

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date	09/11/2015
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 Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of halving the maximum visa refusal rate on the Highly Trusted Sponsor status given to higher education institutions in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL3406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>Highly Trusted Sponsor status was replaced with Tier 4 Sponsor status in April 2015.</p><p>The maximum permitted visa refusal rate for Tier 4 sponsors was reduced from 20% to 10% in November 2014 to make sure that the colleges and universities who directly benefit from student migration help prevent abuse, and to ensure that institutions are only offering places to genuine students with an appropriate level of English.</p><p>Since the new rate was introduced, visa applications from students wishing to study at the UK’s world-class universities have continued to rise. Latest figures show that visa applications from university students are now 17 per cent higher than they were in 2010, and visa applications to Russell Group universities are 33 per cent higher than in 2010.</p><p>We will continue to keep the visa refusal rate under review but we have no imminent plans to change the maximum permitted rate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3407 question first answered 13/11/2015 09:04:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

426920

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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 Her Majesty’s Government whether they are considering making further reductions in the maximum university visa refusal rate in relation to Highly Trusted Sponsor status.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL3407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>Highly Trusted Sponsor status was replaced with Tier 4 Sponsor status in April 2015.</p><p>The maximum permitted visa refusal rate for Tier 4 sponsors was reduced from 20% to 10% in November 2014 to make sure that the colleges and universities who directly benefit from student migration help prevent abuse, and to ensure that institutions are only offering places to genuine students with an appropriate level of English.</p><p>Since the new rate was introduced, visa applications from students wishing to study at the UK’s world-class universities have continued to rise. Latest figures show that visa applications from university students are now 17 per cent higher than they were in 2010, and visa applications to Russell Group universities are 33 per cent higher than in 2010.</p><p>We will continue to keep the visa refusal rate under review but we have no imminent plans to change the maximum permitted rate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3406 question first answered 13/11/2015 09:04:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

426437

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how much policing the student march on 4 November in London cost.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL3376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has not made an assessment of the costs of policing this protest. It is an operational decision for the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, working with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to determine the levels of resources required to manage such events.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/11/2015 09:04:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

425851

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Merseyside Police: Horses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who took the decision to disband the mounted section connected to Merseyside Police.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL3249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>The deployment and use of police animals are operational decisions for chief constables which are rightly made by local forces.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/11/2015 09:02:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

424733

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish the outcome of the consultation on reforming support for failed asylum seekers; and whether they will publish a summary of the responses to that consultation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>The response to the consultation was published on 5 November 2015 and can be found at:. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-bill-part-5-support-for-certain-categories-of-migrant</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/11/2015 09:03:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett