Question follow-through · 31540

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason international students from countries with Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results above the UK’s own in English are required to take additional English tests whe

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 24 Feb 2025
Answer: 24 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason international students from countries with Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results above the UK’s own in English are required to take additional English tests whe
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government has no plans to weaken the UK’s immigration controls on English language requirements in the way suggested by the Honourable Member for Basildon and Billericay.To ensure that all those coming to the UK to study under the Student route are g...

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