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449454

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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, how many former students have been arrested and detained for remaining in the UK beyond the term of their tier 4 student visa in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	25192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>In the time period 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2015, 2920 students are recorded on Home Office databases as having been arrested as Section 10 Overstayers. Of that number 2100 are flagged as having been detained.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/02/2016 16:26:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

449455

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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, how many applications for the extension of a tier 4 student visa were declined in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	25032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The requested information is given in the table below:</p><p>Decisions on applications for an extension of stay : Tier 4 &amp; pre-PBS equivalent (main applicants)</p><p>Year Grants Refusals</p><p>2013 104,668 11,544</p><p>2014 68,231 11,486</p><p>Source: Immigration Statistics July - September 2015, Home Office, table ex_01</p><p>Corresponding data for 2015 will be published on 25 February 2016.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476907/extensions-q3-2015-tabs.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/476907/extensions-q3-2015-tabs.ods</a></p><p>Information on refusals of extensions of stay for Tier 4 students is published in Extensions table ex_01 in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>The latest edition, is published in Extensions table ex_01 in the Home Office's Immigration Statistics: July to September 2015 is available from the Library of the House and on the GOV.UK statistics web pages at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/02/2016 16:40:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

434128

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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 criteria they use in auditing compliance with Tier 4 licences for non-EU students.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>All Tier 4 licensed sponsors are assessed against criteria set out in the published Tier 4 Guidance for Sponsors. This includes the following four documents:</p><ul><li>Document one – Applying for a Tier 4 licence</li><li>Document two – Sponsorship Duties</li><li>Document three – Tier 4 Compliance</li><li>Appendix D - record keeping</li></ul><p>Some of the key criteria includes:</p><ul><li>Ensuring that each sponsor has a genuine and lawful trading presence.</li><li>Ensuring that each sponsor holds the appropriate education oversight with the relevant external inspection body.</li><li>Compliance visits; where checks are undertaken to establish whether an institution’s HR functions are appropriate.</li><li>An annual basic compliance assessment (BCA); where the sponsor must meet demonstrate that their visa refusal, enrolment and course completion rates fall within the outlined requisites<em>.</em></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Tier 4 Guidance 11-2015 - Documents 1-3 combined.pdf title Tier 4 Guidance - 1-3 Combined 2 file name Appendix D.pdf title Appendix D question first answered 21/12/2015 16:55:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

434129

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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 how many Tier 4 licences for non-EU students are audited annually.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The number of Tier 4 licensed sponsors audited from 1 January to 30 September 2015 was 286. In the calendar year 2014 there were 383 .</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/12/2015 17:15:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

434130

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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 where information about higher education institutions found not to be in compliance with Tier 4 licences for non-EU students is published.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Tier 4 Register of Sponsors which is available via the link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-students shows active sponsors.</p><p>No information is routinely published regarding sponsors found not to be compliant.</p><p>In January 2015 data was published showing Tier 4 sponsors whose status appeared as revoked from 2010 to 2014. This information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tier-4-sponsors-whose-status-appeared-as-revoked-from-2010-to-2014</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/12/2015 16:12:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

433409

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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 plans they have to reintroduce automatic post-study work visas, in particular for postgraduate international students working at recognised higher education institutions in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Rebuck
uin	HL4127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>We have an excellent post-study offer for international graduates seeking to undertake skilled work in the UK after their studies. There is no limit on the number who can remain, if they secure a graduate job paying an appropriate salary.</p><p>The Government has no plans to reintroduce the Tier 1 (Post Study Work) visa, which saw large numbers of fraudulent applications and graduates who remained unemployed or in low-skilled work. We closed this visa category in 2012 and have replaced it with a more selective system.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/12/2015 15:12:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4332 label Biography information for Baroness Rebuck

428485

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations on prior knowledge of English apply to applicants for Tier 4 visas where the student's principal purpose in entering the UK is to study English as a foreign language.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	16379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>International students whose principal purpose for coming to the UK is to study English can use the Tier 4 (General) route of the points-based system or the short-term student route.</p><p>Applicants who wish to study a course below degree level under Tier 4 (General) must demonstrate that they are competent in English language at a minimum of level B1 in all four components (speaking, listening, reading and writing) on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Those who wish to study a course at degree level or above must demonstrate they are competent at a minimum of level B2 in all four components.</p><p>Applicants who wish to study under the short-term student route are not required to demonstrate a prior knowledge of English language. English language courses may be studied for up to 11 months under this route.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2015 14:48:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

426918

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 what assessment they have made of the impact that the current visa regime has had on international student numbers in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL3405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The student migration system we inherited was too weak, and open to widespread abuse, damaging the UK’s reputation as a provider of world-class education.</p><p>We have clamped down on immigration abuse from poor quality institutions selling immigration rather than education, and since 2010 we have struck off more than 900 bogus colleges. Visa applications for the further education sector, where abuse has been most prevalent over recent years, are down 74 per cent compared with 2010.</p><p>At the same time, we have maintained a highly competitive offer for international students who would like to study at our world-class institutions. 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><p>We will continue to reform the student visa system to tackle abuse and deliver an effective immigration system that works in the national interest.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/11/2015 17:25:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

426919

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 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