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Question follow-through · 87656

Overseas Students: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial pressures on universities on their international recruitment practices.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
5 Nov 2025
Answer
12 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of financial pressures on universities on their international recruitment practices.

  2. 5 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    ​​The government has been clear that we welcome international students who meet the requirements to study in the UK and positively impact our higher education (HE) sector. However, we will not tolerate abuse of the student visa system in any way and measu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Young People: Employment and Training

12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Essex County Council on the impact of the We Rise Business Mentoring Programme on (a) youth employment and (b) skills development.

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Young People: Unemployment

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) careers guidance and (b) school-to-work transition programmes in the context of the UK’s above OECD average for youth unemployment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Complaints

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to monitor the time taken by schools to respond to formal complaints.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Overseas Students: Admissions

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87656, what plans she has to issue updated guidance to higher education providers in the context of the Office for Students’ assessment that reliance on intern

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Overseas Students: Admissions

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support higher education providers to (a) diversify their income sources and (b) reduce financial vulnerability arising from international recruitment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children's Play

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the contribution of playtime to children’s a) social, b) emotional and c) cognitive development.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Day

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will include measures related to breaktime quality within (a) school wellbeing and (b) inspection frameworks.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children's Play

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools have adequate time for play during the school day.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children's Play

17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue guidance encouraging schools to adopt evidence-based playtime improvement schemes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Undocumented Migrants

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she has on the number of children who are irregular migrants and enrolled in schools; and what the estimated annual cost is for educating those children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Cancer

20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority provision for children who miss substantial periods of school due to cancer treatment.