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	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	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 29 June 2015 to Question 3767, if she will name the 94 privately-operated further education colleges whose licences were suspended at the same point in quarter one of 2015 over English language testing irregularities; and for which such colleges the licence (a) was surrendered, (b) was revoked, (c) was reinstated and (d) remains suspended.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	6880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>Following my response of 29 June 2015 to Question 3767, the latest published Transparency Data showed that since our operational response to the ETS English language testing fraud began we had suspended, at one time or another, 94 private colleges from the Tier 4 sponsor register by the end of Quarter 1 calendar year 2015. Please find below a list of those 94 colleges marked with their current status on the Tier 4 register as at 14 July 2015.</p><p>1 Alpha College Revoked</p><p>2 Alpha Meridian College Revoked</p><p>3 APS Computer Solutions Ltd Trading As Pitman Training Centre Peterborough Revoked</p><p>4 Birmingham Institute of Education Training and Technology Revoked</p><p>5 Blake Hall College Revoked</p><p>6 Bradford Metropolitan College (JR) Revoked</p><p>7 Bristol College Of Accountancy Revoked</p><p>8 Central College London (a division of Huawen Institute) Revoked</p><p>9 Central College of Studies (CCS) Revoked</p><p>10 Central Cranbrook College Revoked</p><p>11 Citizen 2000 Education Institute Revoked</p><p>12 City of London Academy Revoked</p><p>13 College of Advanced Studies Revoked</p><p>14 College of East London Revoked</p><p>15 College of Excellence Limited Revoked</p><p>16 Cranford College Revoked</p><p>17 Essex College Ltd Revoked</p><p>18 Eynsford College Revoked</p><p>19 Forbes Graduate School Revoked</p><p>20 Hammersmith Management College Revoked</p><p>21 Helios International College Revoked</p><p>22 IIM BEDFORD Revoked</p><p>23 Interlink College of Technology &amp; Bus. Studies Revoked</p><p>24 Katherine &amp; King's College of London Revoked</p><p>25 Kinnaird College Revoked</p><p>26 LIT_LON LTD Revoked</p><p>27 London Corporate College Revoked</p><p>28 London Educators Limited Revoked</p><p>29 London Premier College Limited Revoked</p><p>30 London Regal College Revoked</p><p>31 London School of Advanced Studies Revoked</p><p>32 London School of Marketing t/a LS Business School Revoked</p><p>33 London School of Technology Revoked</p><p>34 London St Andrew's College Revoked</p><p>35 Manchester College Of Management Sciences Limited Revoked</p><p>36 Manchester International College Revoked</p><p>37 Manchester Trinity College Limited Revoked</p><p>38 Midlands Academy of Business &amp; Technology Revoked</p><p>39 North West College Reading Revoked</p><p>40 Queensbury College Revoked</p><p>41 Shakespeare College Revoked</p><p>42 South London College Revoked</p><p>43 Stanfords College UK Limited Revoked</p><p>44 Superior College London Revoked</p><p>45 UK Business Academy Revoked</p><p>46 UK Vocational Training College, T/A UK College of Arts and Technology. Revoked</p><p>47 West George College Revoked</p><p>48 West London Business College Ltd Revoked</p><p>49 London College of Finance and Accounting Revoked</p><p>50 14 Stars (London) Ltd Trading As European College for Higher Education Revoked</p><p>51 360 GSP College Revoked</p><p>52 A2Z English Language School Revoked</p><p>53 Aldgate College Revoked</p><p>54 Apex College Revoked</p><p>55 Birmingham Informatics College Ltd Revoked</p><p>56 Bradford Regional College Revoked</p><p>57 CAHRO Academy Ltd Revoked</p><p>58 City College Nottingham Revoked</p><p>59 Docklands Academy Revoked</p><p>60 Docklands College Revoked</p><p>61 East End Computing and Business College Revoked</p><p>62 Essex College of Management and IT Ltd Revoked</p><p>63 Futures College (DN3YXJQK0) Revoked</p><p>64 London College of Advanced Management Revoked</p><p>65 London College of Business Limited Revoked</p><p>66 London College of Business Management and Information Technology Revoked</p><p>67 London Metropolitan College Revoked</p><p>68 Middlesex College of Law Ltd Revoked</p><p>69 Modern Manchester Academy Revoked</p><p>70 Newcastle Academy of Business and Technology Revoked</p><p>71 Opal College Revoked</p><p>72 Pharez UK Ltd Trading As Pharez College Revoked</p><p>73 Radcliffe College Revoked</p><p>74 Sanjari International College Revoked</p><p>75 The City College Revoked</p><p>76 UK Business College Revoked</p><p>77 Unipro College London Revoked</p><p>78 Vernon Community College Revoked</p><p>79 Futures College Ltd Revoked</p><p>80 Sharp Development Solutions Ltd Trading As SDS College London Revoked</p><p>81 Bradford College of Management Surrendered</p><p>82 Britain College of Studies Surrendered</p><p>83 London Academy of Management &amp; Business (LAMB) Surrendered</p><p>84 London College of Business Management and Computing Studies Surrendered</p><p>85 Empress College Surrendered</p><p>86 London Churchill College Surrendered</p><p>87 London Empire Academy Surrendered</p><p>88 University Tutorial College Surrendered</p><p>89 Bloomsbury International UK Ltd Reinstated</p><p>90 Finance &amp; Business Training Ltd Reinstated</p><p>91 London School of Business and Finance Reinstated</p><p>92 Studio Cambridge Reinstated</p><p>93 London School of Business and Accountancy Reinstated</p><p>94 Oxford College of London Suspended</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2015 11:57:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

427763

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the reduction in the number of English language testing centres on the number of international students entering the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	15825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>English language ability is a key strand of the immigration requirements for many of those coming as partners and to work, study and settle in the UK. Significant abuse within the English language testing sector was uncovered in 2013/2014, following which the Home Office commissioned an independent review. A key outcome was the need to develop new and robust business and commercial requirements for Secure English Language Testing (SELT). The Home Office has rightly responded to that abuse robustly, particularly considering that thousands of people sought to use evidence that was obtained fraudulently to enter and remain in the UK. The new, strengthened arrangements for SELT came into effect on 6th April 2015.</p><p>One of the security changes introduced was the reduction of the test centre network to mitigate the risks of oversupply and enable the Home Office to achieve greater control and ability to audit centres.</p><p>Whilst the Home Office has reduced the number of test centres, it has increased the number of countries where students could sit tests. Before the 6th April students could sit tests in 79 countries (excluding the UK), they can now sit tests in 129 countries.</p><p>The Home Office has planned the reduced test centre network to meet anticipated demand and test centres in each country are currently meeting demand.</p><p>We continue to have a highly competitive offer for international students who would like to study at our world-class institutions and this is borne out by the figures: visa applications from international students to study at British universities are up by 17 per cent since 2010, whilst visa applications to our world-leading Russell Group institutions are up by 33 per cent since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/11/2015 17:56:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135349

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news article, Foreign students demand home secretary put things right after thousands targeted in cheating scandal, published by the Independent on 27 June, if he will make it his policy to undertake a review of his Department's decision not to allow a right of appeal for students accused of cheating in English language tests; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	270313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Parliament legislated to amend the appeals system in the Immigration Act 2014 so that an appeal only arises where a claim raising asylum, humanitarian protection or human rights is refused, where protection status is revoked and for deprivation of citizenship. Similar provisions are set out in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016. Given the passage of time, many of those refused on the basis of alleged cheating in English language tests will now have arguable human rights claims. Even if refused, these will normally generate an in-country right of appeal.</p><p>The Home Secretary is considering the findings of the National Audit Office report in response to cheating in English language tests. He will then make a statement to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2019 13:30:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

385873

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from higher education institutions on the proposed reduction of English Language test centres.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	4344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office receives regular correspondence from the Higher Education sector and investigation to date indicate that since the General Election on 7th May 2015 the Home Office has received one representation on behalf of a higher education institution regarding the reduction of English Language test centres.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/07/2015 14:07:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

634088

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the governments of home countries of international students who were detained or deported from the UK following allegations of committing fraud in English language tests.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	52523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Where governments make representations on behalf of their nationals, the Home Office will consider these and explain the UK government's wider response to instances of fraud identified in the English language testing process previously operated by Educational Testing Service.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 16:37:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

634141

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	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 introduce a right to appeal from the UK for international students alleged to have fraudulently obtained English language test certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	52522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Following the changes introduced by the Immigration Act 2014 there is only a right of appeal where fundamental rights are engaged - where a protection claim is refused, where protection status is revoked or where a human rights claim is refused. There is also a right of appeal against decisions under the EEA Regulations and there is an appeal right against a decision to deprive someone of citizenship. For Tier 4 students, this came into effect for applications made on or after 20 October 2014.</p><p>For applications made prior to 20 October 2014, where the person had leave to remain in the UK and at the time of the decision to refuse would have no leave left, the right of appeal was exercised from within the UK. Where the decision appealed against was a removal decision, and human rights had not been raised, that right was exercised from overseas; the Court of Appeal has consistently upheld that the availability of an out of country appeal in respect of a relevant decision in an ETS case is an adequate remedy.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/11/2016 16:44:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1124166

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on (a) internal investigations, (b) court fees and (c) deportation in cases involving TOEIC students since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	249831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/05/2019 15:38:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1124168

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students have taken the TOEIC English language test since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	249833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>ETS were removed from the list of approved test providers for immigration purposes on 1 July 2014. A current list of tests and test centres approved by UK Visas and Immigration to show that applicants have the required level of English for their visa is available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/05/2019 16:00:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1126820

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	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 13 May 2019 to Question 249833, how many students who have taken the TOEIC English language test since 2016 sat the exam in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	254741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my previous answer. ETS were removed from the list of approved test providers for immigration purposes on 1 July 2014. TOEIC has not been accepted for immigration purposes since that date.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/05/2019 13:04:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1126821

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	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 13 May 2019 to Question 249833, what proportion of students (a) passed and (b) failed the English language test with each approved provider in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	254742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>Individuals may be required to take an English language test for a number of reasons. It is not limited to student applications.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/05/2019 13:16:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz