Question follow-through · 129655

Sudan: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sudanese nationals were granted student visas for study in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sudanese nationals were granted student visas for study in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

  2. 27 Apr 2026

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  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office publishes data on visas and extensions by route and nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visa grants are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset, and data on exten...

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