Question follow-through · 17002

Visas: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK Visas and Immigration's document entitled Register of licensed sponsors: students, updated on 8 July 2026, how many students were sponsored by each Higher Education Institutio

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK Visas and Immigration's document entitled Register of licensed sponsors: students, updated on 8 July 2026, how many students were sponsored by each Higher Education Institutio

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not publish sponsored study visa data broken down by individual Higher Education Institution. However, published data on sponsored study visas is available in the Home Office’s immigration statistics at: Student sponsor guidance - GOV...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Asylum: Sponsorship

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Asylum: Sponsorship

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Asylum: Resettlement

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, what estimate has been made of the number of refugees expect

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Asylum: Sponsorship

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether an annual cap will be placed on the number of arriva

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Asylum: Sponsorship

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether universities, employers or local groups sponsoring r

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Asylum: Sponsorship

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Asylum: Sponsorship

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether local authorities will retain a role in consenting t

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Asylum: Overseas Students

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years had previously held a Student visa, by sponsoring institution.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Overseas Students

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 28021, for what reason a breakdown of asylum claimants who previously held a study visa by sponsoring institution is not currently published.