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1702389

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that universities are following English proficiency requirements for foreign students.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	22818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), as part of their compliance activities, conduct on-site audits of sponsors and check what assessment methods sponsors have used and their relevant evidence. Where there are any compliance breaches, UKVI take compliance action which can include formal action plans or revocation of the sponsor licence. English language assessments are also considered as part of the Basic Compliance Assessment which sponsors are required to pass on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/04/2024 09:13:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1644070

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	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 12 June to Question 187877 on Overseas Students: English Language, how many students suspected by ETS of cheating in its TOEIC English language test were (a) offered (i) the opportunity to retake the test and (ii) a credibility interview and (b) granted leave on the basis of subsequently passing a test or credibility interview more than three years ago.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	189134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish ETS data as part of the Immigration Systems statistics.</p><p> </p><p>For cases affected by ETS, decision makers must follow the current guidance published on 18 November 2020: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-testing-service-ets-casework-instructions/educational-testing-service-ets-casework-instructions-accessible-version#about-this-guidance" target="_blank">Educational Testing Service (ETS): casework instructions (accessible version) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/06/2023 14:54:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1642384

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	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 suspected by ETS of cheating in its TOEIC English language test were (a) offered (i) the opportunity to retake the test or (ii) a credibility interview and (b) granted leave on the basis of subsequently passing a test or credibility interview in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	187877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish ETS data for any of the last three years as part of the Immigration Systems statistics.</p><p> </p><p>All cases affected by ETS must follow the current guidance published on 18 November 2020: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-testing-service-ets-casework-instructions/educational-testing-service-ets-casework-instructions-accessible-version#about-this-guidance" target="_blank">Educational Testing Service (ETS): casework instructions (accessible version) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/06/2023 16:30:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1472641

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	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 steps she plans to take towards students affected by the TOEIC fraud cases in light of the judgement handed down from the Upper Tribunal in respect of RK and DK, reference [2022] UKUT 00112.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	23214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>On 25 March 2022, the Presidential Panel of the Upper Tribunal, concluded in their determination that: <em>“It is amply sufficient to prove the matter on the balance of probabilities, which is the correct legal standard… we do not consider that the evidential burden on the respondent in these cases was discharged by only a narrow margin (as in SM and Qadir v SSHD)”.</em></p><p> </p><p>In view of this, we do not believe there is a need to make any major change in our approach to ETS cases.</p><p>We believe the changes the Home Office has made since 2019 have already brought significant redress this includes grant leave to many who might have otherwise been refused.</p><p>The Department will now look to update the casework guidance in light of RK and DK to ensure applicants are signposted to their right to obtain the voice recording of their TOEIC test from ETS. We believe, in light of the Upper Tribunal’s findings, this to be fairest and most objective way in which an individual can challenge the allegation before them.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/06/2022 16:20:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1329937

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	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	What progress she has made on resolving the immigration status of overseas students who have been falsely accused of cheating in English language tests.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	901022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>I am grateful to the Rt. Hon Gentleman for this question, I know he has been a staunch advocate on this issue.</p><p>As the Rt. Hon member is aware there is an important Upper Tribunal judgment pending on this matter and it is right to wait for the outcome of that. But we have been reviewing our approach in the meantime and I will meet the Hon. Member once that review is complete.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/06/2021 15:56:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1226007

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2020
	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 she has made of the potential merits of extending flexibilities on English language tests to students on pre-degree further education courses to encourage student visa applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	76087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>From October students will be able to apply for a visa up to six months in advance of the course start date listed on their Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies. This is an extension on the current period of three months.</p><p>Students who require a Secure English Language Test (SELT) must obtain a SELT from an approved provider. A SELT test can be obtained from any of the test centres listed in the below list of approved test centres:-https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-applying-for-uk-visa-approved-english-language-tests</p><p>Higher Education Providers (HEP) with a track record of compliance are able to self-assess the English ability of their students at degree level or above. As part of the Covid-19 concessions, we extended this to also permit HEPs to self-assess the English ability of students on pre-sessional courses.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 76086 question first answered 28/07/2020 08:11:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse