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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

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

1138797

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	What progress he has made on his review of the treatment of overseas students accused of cheating in the Test of English for International Communication between 2011 and 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	911936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Following my last update to the House and the publication of the National Audit Office report into this issue I have sought further advice from officials in my department about measures we can put in place for those who maintain their innocence.</p><p>I intend to make a statement to the House this very soon.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 15/07/2019 16:20:21 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms