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date	26/05/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28999, how many (a) credibility interviews were conducted and (b) students did not undergo such interviews in each year from 2009-10 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	38689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of point of application credibility interviews of Tier 4 applicants conducted by UK Visas and Immigration during the time periods requested can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Tier 4 credibility interviews conducted*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>112357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>123749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>60131</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p>*This data is taken from unpublished local management information that is not subject to national statistics protocols and is therefore subject to change.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All of these interviews were conducted via video conference by staff based in the UK. Additional interviews may be conducted overseas as part of the application process.</p><p>The difference in the number of interviews conducted can primarily be explained by a shift towards more in-depth interviewing of higher risk cases. This more selective approach to interviewing follows a number of reforms we have introduced to the student migration system to clamp down on abuse while continuing to attract the brightest and best to our world-class institutions. These reforms have had an impact both on the volume and genuineness of the student visa applications we now receive.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold the specific data requested in a format that would allow us to state how many students did not undergo such interviews. To obtain this information would involve reviewing individual case records, incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2016 13:19:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

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registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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	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 21 September 2015 to Question HL1937, on visas: overseas students, to provide the data by quarter from 2009-10 to quarter 1 2013; and how many Tier 4 applicants did not undergo credibility interviews in each such quarter.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	28999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this data in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/03/2016 17:37:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq