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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20870, on Erasmus+ Programme, whether the counting and definition of 100,000 participants from UK beneficiary organisations will include EU students studying at a UK-based educational institution in receipt of a grant agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to Question 20870, on Erasmus+ Programme, whether the counting and definition of 100,000 participants from UK beneficiary organisations will include EU students studying at a UK-based educational institution in receipt of a grant agreement.
The estimation of 100,000 participants includes all eligible students studying at a UK beneficiary organisation. Participant eligibility is set out on page 55 of the Erasmus+ Programme Guide, available at: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2025-11/programme-guide-2026_en.pdf.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students with student visas claimed asylum in every year since 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students with student visas claimed asylum in every year since 2016.
Data on the number of people claiming asylum by their latest route prior to claim, including those who held a study visa prior to their claim, is published in Table Asy_D01a of the Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets. The latest available data covers the period from 2018 to June 2026.
The data relates only to a person's most recent route prior to claiming asylum and does not show whether an individual previously held a study visa before that leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Immigration Health Surcharge rate payable by students was in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Immigration Health Surcharge rate payable by students was in each year since 2015.
The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) rates payable by students since the inception of the IHS are as follows.
Between;
6 April 2015 and 7 January 2019 - £150 p/a
8 January 2019 and 26 October 2020 - £300 p/a
27 October 2020 and 5 February 2024 - £470 p/a
6 February 2024 and current date - £776 p/a
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether nationality is used as a factor in selecting Student route applicants for credibility interviews.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether nationality is used as a factor in selecting Student route applicants for credibility interviews.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how credibility interviews for Student route applicants are recorded; and whether those records are verbatim transcripts, audio recordings, or notes typed by the interviewing officer.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how credibility interviews for Student route applicants are recorded; and whether those records are verbatim transcripts, audio recordings, or notes typed by the interviewing officer.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether speech-to-text or automated transcription software is used to record credibility interviews.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether speech-to-text or automated transcription software is used to record credibility interviews.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applicants for student route visas are given a copy of their interview record before a decision is made; and whether they have an opportunity to correct inaccuracies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applicants for student route visas are given a copy of their interview record before a decision is made; and whether they have an opportunity to correct inaccuracies.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student route applicants from each of the 20 most common nationalities were required to attend a credibility interview each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student route applicants from each of the 20 most common nationalities were required to attend a credibility interview each year since 2021.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance refusals were withdrawn following representations from hon. Members in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance refusals were withdrawn following representations from hon. Members in each of the last five years.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned.
No assessment has been made of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned and there are currently no plans to carry out such an assessment in the future.
The circumstances in which an application fee may be refunded are set out in the Home Office’s immigration and nationality refunds policy, available via the following link: Immigration and nationality refunds policy (accessible) - GOV.UK.
Fees are paid for the consideration of an application. The Home Office does not refund an application fee where an application has been refused or granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants refused under the Student route subsequently made a fresh application in each year since 2021; and what proportion of those fresh applications were granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants refused under the Student route subsequently made a fresh application in each year since 2021; and what proportion of those fresh applications were granted.
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any targets, quotas or caps, formal or informal, to the number of Student route applications granted or refused by nationality.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any targets, quotas or caps, formal or informal, to the number of Student route applications granted or refused by nationality.
The Student route is a global, points-based immigration route. There are no targets, quotas or caps to the number of Student applications granted or refused. Applications are considered on their individual merits against the requirements of the Immigration Rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route applications from Ghanaian nationals were refused under paragraph ST 5.1 in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route applications from Ghanaian nationals were refused under paragraph ST 5.1 in each year since 2021.
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance applications were (a) granted and (b) refused for each of the 20 most common nationalities in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance applications were (a) granted and (b) refused for each of the 20 most common nationalities in each year since 2021.
The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost to her Department is of processing a Student visa application.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost to her Department is of processing a Student visa application.
The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK.
Fees charged from 2024 can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.
Fees charged before 2024 can be viewed through the National Archives.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income her Department received from visa application fees for Student route applications that were refused in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income her Department received from visa application fees for Student route applications that were refused in each year since 2021.
The information requested is not available. The Home Office’s financial system records income from student applications but does not distinguish between applications that are granted or refused. All application outcomes which incur a charge, including refusals, are reported as income.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the fee was for a Student visa application made from outside the UK in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the fee was for a Student visa application made from outside the UK in each year since 2015.
The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK.
Fees charged from 2024 can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.
Fees charged before 2024 can be viewed through the National Archives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in international student enrolment at UK higher education institutions since 2021; and what assessment she has made of the impact of Student visa refusal rates on the finances of those institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in international student enrolment at UK higher education institutions since 2021; and what assessment she has made of the impact of Student visa refusal rates on the finances of those institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of student visas, whether the officer who conducts a credibility interview is the same officer who decides the application.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of student visas, whether the officer who conducts a credibility interview is the same officer who decides the application.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether artificial intelligence, large language models or automated drafting tools are used at any stage in (a) assessing Student route applications and (b) drafting refusal notices.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether artificial intelligence, large language models or automated drafting tools are used at any stage in (a) assessing Student route applications and (b) drafting refusal notices.