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Question follow-through · 23490

British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what independent assurance her Department has sought from Ofqual, the National Cyber Security Centre or other relevant expert bodies on identity verification, remote proctoring and AI-enabled cheating

answeredHome Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
3 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what independent assurance her Department has sought from Ofqual, the National Cyber Security Centre or other relevant expert bodies on identity verification, remote proctoring and AI-enabled cheating

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office English Language Testing procurement places security and integrity at the heart of the digital-by-default solution. The programme has engaged with the National Cyber Security Centre and the HOELT security schedule is aligned to the Nationa...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that organisations holding sponsor licences are recruiting from overseas in response to genuine labour shortages rather than as a primary business model.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would trigger compliance action where a high proportion of a sponsor's workforce consists of sponsored workers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any operational threshold for the proportion of sponsored workers employed by a sponsor when assessing compliance risk.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used by UK Visas and Immigration to determine whether a sponsor licence holder should be subject to a compliance inspection.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would normally lead to the suspension of a sponsor licence.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what circumstances would normally lead to the revocation of a sponsor licence.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the suitability of a sponsor licence holder that has previously had a licence revoked to sponsor workers in the future.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to verify that holders of Health and Care Worker Visas continue to work in the occupation for which their visas were granted.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is taken by her Department when a Health and Care Worker Visa holder ceases employment with their sponsoring employer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Health and Care Worker Visas holders do not breach their visa conditions after leaving sponsored employment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department conducts targeted compliance operations in sectors with large numbers of Health and Care Worker Visa holders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Overseas Students

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment is made before granting a Student Visa of whether the applicant is a genuine student whose primary purpose is study.