Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of planned NHS staffing reductions on waiting times for treatment and surgery in Greater London.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of NHS job cuts on a) workload, b) stress levels and c)safety among remaining NHS staff.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support her Department plans to make available to NHS trusts in Greater London facing the largest deficits, to avoid job losses.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the findings of UNISON's research on planned job losses at NHS trusts in Greater London.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to coordinate its review of substances of human origin legislation with proposed reforms to medical device regulation, to avoid regulatory duplication and unnecessary barriers for manufacturers of devices used in the collection, processing, storage and transfusion of blood and blood components.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department’s review of substances of human origin legislation will address blood supply resilience and preparedness for emergencies.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

No assessment has been made of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned and there are currently no plans to carry out such an assessment in the future.

The circumstances in which an application fee may be refunded are set out in the Home Office’s immigration and nationality refunds policy, available via the following link: Immigration and nationality refunds policy (accessible) - GOV.UK.

Fees are paid for the consideration of an application. The Home Office does not refund an application fee where an application has been refused or granted.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of establishing a UK Substance of Human Origin Coordination Office to support cooperation between regulators, devolved health administrations, national blood and transplant services, and industry.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish (a) the findings of its call for evidence on the review of UK legislation governing substances of human origin and (b) a timetable for any resulting legislative proposals.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route applications from Ghanaian nationals were refused under paragraph ST 5.1 in each year since 2021.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any targets, quotas or caps, formal or informal, to the number of Student route applications granted or refused by nationality.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Student route is a global, points-based immigration route. There are no targets, quotas or caps to the number of Student applications granted or refused. Applications are considered on their individual merits against the requirements of the Immigration Rules.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance applications were (a) granted and (b) refused for each of the 20 most common nationalities in each year since 2021.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of June 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the fee was for a Student visa application made from outside the UK in each year since 2015.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK.

Fees charged from 2024 can be viewed via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.

Fees charged before 2024 can be viewed through the National Archives.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost to her Department is of processing a Student visa application.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK.

Fees charged from 2024 can be viewed via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.

Fees charged before 2024 can be viewed through the National Archives.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income her Department received from visa application fees for Student route applications that were refused in each year since 2021.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not available. The Home Office’s financial system records income from student applications but does not distinguish between applications that are granted or refused. All application outcomes which incur a charge, including refusals, are reported as income.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has considered the potential merits of legislating to introduce binding safety obligations on frontier AI developers.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The government is ensuring that the UK is ready for both the challenges and opportunities that AI will bring. We have taken important steps to ensure that many AI systems are already regulated at the point of use by our existing regulators. We are also examining how the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill can respond to emerging AI risks to essential services, including through developing a voluntary reporting framework for near-miss incidents. But we should not assume that the existing framework will always be sufficient as AI capabilities develop. The safety of the British public is a non-negotiable priority. Where new protections are needed, we will act, legislating wherever necessary.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what statutory safety obligations apply to frontier AI developers operating in the UK.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

AI is already regulated in the UK through existing laws and regulators, covering data protection, competition, product safety, and online safety. For example, data protection legislation applies to personal data processing regardless of the technology used. We have outlawed AI models generating child sexual abuse material and criminalised intimate deepfakes. We are also examining how the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill can respond to emerging AI risks to essential services, such as through developing a voluntary reporting framework on near-miss incidents. But we should not assume that the existing framework will always be sufficient as AI capabilities develop. The safety of the British public is a non-negotiable priority. Where new protections are needed, we will act, legislating wherever necessary. Any future measures will be evidence-based and focused on the risks we need to address.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his department holds on the number of jurors who have claimed the loss of earnings allowance each year for the past five years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Jury service is an important civic duty, and the Government is committed to ensuring jurors feel supported throughout their service. All support to jurors is kept under regular review to ensure it remains appropriate and accessible.

Jurors do not receive direct payment for jury service but may claim allowances towards financial loss, travel and subsistence. There has been no separate assessment of the maximum daily rate of the loss of earnings allowance or the financial impact of jury service on lower-paid workers.

We recognise that some individuals may experience financial difficulties serving. Applications for excusal due to exceptional circumstances, such as financial hardship, can be made when summoned. The proportion of those who apply for this is low, as shown by the latest figure below for 2025/2026:

• 7.6% of all excusals were due to financial hardship.

Courts may also be able to arrange to pay expenses during the trial if a juror is facing financial hardship.

The number of jurors who have claimed the loss of earnings allowance each year for the past five years is not routinely available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

We do not hold comprehensive diversity data for all jurors; therefore, no assessment has been made of the impact of excusals for financial hardship on jury diversity.

We are mindful of the impact that jury service can have on jurors in the context of long running trials, particularly jurors who have financial concerns.

It is, in part, for that reason that we are introducing the option of judge-only trials for highly complex or lengthy fraud and financial cases - where the trials can take months and therefore impose a disproportionate burden on jurors.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has his Department made of whether financial hardship is a factor in requests to be excused from jury service and the effect on the diversity of juries.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Jury service is an important civic duty, and the Government is committed to ensuring jurors feel supported throughout their service. All support to jurors is kept under regular review to ensure it remains appropriate and accessible.

Jurors do not receive direct payment for jury service but may claim allowances towards financial loss, travel and subsistence. There has been no separate assessment of the maximum daily rate of the loss of earnings allowance or the financial impact of jury service on lower-paid workers.

We recognise that some individuals may experience financial difficulties serving. Applications for excusal due to exceptional circumstances, such as financial hardship, can be made when summoned. The proportion of those who apply for this is low, as shown by the latest figure below for 2025/2026:

• 7.6% of all excusals were due to financial hardship.

Courts may also be able to arrange to pay expenses during the trial if a juror is facing financial hardship.

The number of jurors who have claimed the loss of earnings allowance each year for the past five years is not routinely available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

We do not hold comprehensive diversity data for all jurors; therefore, no assessment has been made of the impact of excusals for financial hardship on jury diversity.

We are mindful of the impact that jury service can have on jurors in the context of long running trials, particularly jurors who have financial concerns.

It is, in part, for that reason that we are introducing the option of judge-only trials for highly complex or lengthy fraud and financial cases - where the trials can take months and therefore impose a disproportionate burden on jurors.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last reviewed the maximum daily rate of the loss of earnings allowance for jurors.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Jury service is an important civic duty, and the Government is committed to ensuring jurors feel supported throughout their service. All support to jurors is kept under regular review to ensure it remains appropriate and accessible.

Jurors do not receive direct payment for jury service but may claim allowances towards financial loss, travel and subsistence. There has been no separate assessment of the maximum daily rate of the loss of earnings allowance or the financial impact of jury service on lower-paid workers.

We recognise that some individuals may experience financial difficulties serving. Applications for excusal due to exceptional circumstances, such as financial hardship, can be made when summoned. The proportion of those who apply for this is low, as shown by the latest figure below for 2025/2026:

• 7.6% of all excusals were due to financial hardship.

Courts may also be able to arrange to pay expenses during the trial if a juror is facing financial hardship.

The number of jurors who have claimed the loss of earnings allowance each year for the past five years is not routinely available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

We do not hold comprehensive diversity data for all jurors; therefore, no assessment has been made of the impact of excusals for financial hardship on jury diversity.

We are mindful of the impact that jury service can have on jurors in the context of long running trials, particularly jurors who have financial concerns.

It is, in part, for that reason that we are introducing the option of judge-only trials for highly complex or lengthy fraud and financial cases - where the trials can take months and therefore impose a disproportionate burden on jurors.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact of jury service on lower-paid workers.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Jury service is an important civic duty, and the Government is committed to ensuring jurors feel supported throughout their service. All support to jurors is kept under regular review to ensure it remains appropriate and accessible.

Jurors do not receive direct payment for jury service but may claim allowances towards financial loss, travel and subsistence. There has been no separate assessment of the maximum daily rate of the loss of earnings allowance or the financial impact of jury service on lower-paid workers.

We recognise that some individuals may experience financial difficulties serving. Applications for excusal due to exceptional circumstances, such as financial hardship, can be made when summoned. The proportion of those who apply for this is low, as shown by the latest figure below for 2025/2026:

• 7.6% of all excusals were due to financial hardship.

Courts may also be able to arrange to pay expenses during the trial if a juror is facing financial hardship.

The number of jurors who have claimed the loss of earnings allowance each year for the past five years is not routinely available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

We do not hold comprehensive diversity data for all jurors; therefore, no assessment has been made of the impact of excusals for financial hardship on jury diversity.

We are mindful of the impact that jury service can have on jurors in the context of long running trials, particularly jurors who have financial concerns.

It is, in part, for that reason that we are introducing the option of judge-only trials for highly complex or lengthy fraud and financial cases - where the trials can take months and therefore impose a disproportionate burden on jurors.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on the impartiality of reporting by public funded broadcasters of the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The two public funded broadcasters in the UK are the BBC and S4C.

Under its Royal Charter and Ofcom’s wider Broadcasting Code, the BBC has a duty to provide accurate and impartial news and information. S4C is also required by the Broadcasting Code to provide duly impartial news and information. The BBC and S4C are both independent of the Government in delivering on their respective duties.

The Government believes that it is important that stories about sensitive issues such as the conflict in Sudan are told and heard, but are done so with care, transparency and sensitivity.

Ofcom is responsible for ensuring BBC and S4C coverage is impartial and accurate in accordance with the Broadcasting Code. Ofcom operates independently of Government and DCMS has not had any discussions with it on this topic.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many applications under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme were a) received, b) approved and c) refused since the scheme began.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government remains committed to supporting the safety and security of places of worship through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme.

The Home Office does not routinely publish detailed management information relating to the number of applications received, approved or refused, or the value of protective security measures implemented under the Scheme. Information on the operation and delivery of the scheme is closely monitored to ensure protective security measures are provided to as many eligible applicants as quickly as possible.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the announced £40 million available under the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme has been paid since the scheme began.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government remains committed to supporting the safety and security of places of worship through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme.

The Home Office does not routinely publish detailed management information relating to the number of applications received, approved or refused, or the value of protective security measures implemented under the Scheme. Information on the operation and delivery of the scheme is closely monitored to ensure protective security measures are provided to as many eligible applicants as quickly as possible.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure that patients receiving psychotherapy are informed before their therapy notes are made available to other organisations through shared care records.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of patients who received psychological therapy from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust each year for the last three years or how many many of these patients had their records shared on the London Care Record.

Records relating to direct care are shared on a basis of implied consent by the OneLondon digital systems, including the London Care Record. Currently there are different ways to object to or opt-out of data being shared through OneLondon. Information on how patients may do this is published at the following link:

https://onelondon.online/your-information/

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been issued to NHS mental health trusts on whether psychotherapy and psychological therapy notes should be shared automatically through shared care records.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of patients who received psychological therapy from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust each year for the last three years or how many many of these patients had their records shared on the London Care Record.

Records relating to direct care are shared on a basis of implied consent by the OneLondon digital systems, including the London Care Record. Currently there are different ways to object to or opt-out of data being shared through OneLondon. Information on how patients may do this is published at the following link:

https://onelondon.online/your-information/

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What data she holds on a) the number of patients who received psychological therapy from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust each year for the last three years, and b) how many of these patients had their records shared on the London Care Record.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of patients who received psychological therapy from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust each year for the last three years or how many many of these patients had their records shared on the London Care Record.

Records relating to direct care are shared on a basis of implied consent by the OneLondon digital systems, including the London Care Record. Currently there are different ways to object to or opt-out of data being shared through OneLondon. Information on how patients may do this is published at the following link:

https://onelondon.online/your-information/

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment has been made of the compatibility of automatically sharing therapy notes without patient knowledge through the London Care Record with the Caldicott Principles.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of patients who received psychological therapy from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust each year for the last three years or how many many of these patients had their records shared on the London Care Record.

Records relating to direct care are shared on a basis of implied consent by the OneLondon digital systems, including the London Care Record. Currently there are different ways to object to or opt-out of data being shared through OneLondon. Information on how patients may do this is published at the following link:

https://onelondon.online/your-information/

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has set a date for publication of the report of the independent review of public order and hate crime legislation by Lord Macdonald of River Glaven KC received by her Department in May 2026.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Lord Macdonald submitted the report of the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation on 29 May. The Government is giving careful consideration to the report’s findings and recommendations as it prepares its response.

We plan to publish the report and the Government’s response together and will provide an update to Parliament in due course.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many salmon aquaculture sites in England and Wales used (a) formaldehyde, (b) emamectin benzoate, (c) azamethiphos, (d) hydrogen peroxide and (e) deltamethrin treatments for sea lice in each of the last five years.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

There are no marine salmon aquaculture sites in England or Wales. Therefore, there are no recorded uses of chemical sea-lice treatments or sea-lice outbreaks.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of sea-lice outbreaks recorded at salmon aquaculture sites in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

There are no marine salmon aquaculture sites in England or Wales. Therefore, there are no recorded uses of chemical sea-lice treatments or sea-lice outbreaks.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of chemical sea-lice treatments used in salmon aquaculture in England and Wales on the environment.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

There are no marine salmon aquaculture sites in England or Wales. Therefore, there are no recorded uses of chemical sea-lice treatments or sea-lice outbreaks.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of salmon aquaculture sites in England and Wales that have used chemical treatments to control sea lice in the last five years; and whether she has a list of the active substances used.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

There are no marine salmon aquaculture sites in England or Wales. Therefore, there are no recorded uses of chemical sea-lice treatments or sea-lice outbreaks.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to ensure that the data held on the CNIS register is not shared with an abuser who retains their entitledment via parental responsibility.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

​​The department recognises that those previously affected by abuse may have concerns about the information collected for the Children Not in School registers. The department will set out local authorities’ data protection responsibilities clearly in the new statutory guidance, particularly where children and parents have experienced abuse, and will consider whether additional training is required in our training package to local authorities.​

​It is important that local authorities can identify all children not in school in their areas, and children who have experienced abuse may be amongst those most in need of support. Existing laws, including the Data Protection Act and UK-GDPR, will apply to all data that is processed as part of the duty to maintain registers.​

​The department will continue to engage with the Information Commissioner’s Office to ensure that appropriate mitigations are in place for any risks identified, and with organisations such as Women’s Aid, Safe Lives, and the NSPCC on these issues. ​

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Equitable Life policyholders eligible to receive compensation under the Equitable Life Payment Scheme were untraced and did not receive payments; and how many of those untraced policyholders are estimated to have been in the constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Equitable Life Policyholders in the constituency of Clapham and Brixton Hill were eligible for receipt of a payment under the Equitable Life Payment Scheme; and received a payment under the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a refusal notice that does not (a) clearly explain the reasoning for a credibility finding and (b) accurately reflect information given at interview constitutes a casework error for the purposes of administrative review.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The published caseworker guidance and Immigration Rules for Administrative Review define what may be a caseworking error.

The same guidance provides a section on reviewing credibility refusals which states:

When considering an application for administrative review on the basis that the original caseworker made a caseworking error when assessing the credibility of the applicant, the correct test to apply is whether it is more likely than not, based on the evidence and facts available, that the original decision maker made the right decision that the applicant is not credible’, and which signposts the reviewer to review any interview undertaken.

The caseworker guidance is published at: Administrative review.docx

The Immigration Rules are published at: Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Administrative Review - Guidance - GOV.UK

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to determine administrative reviews of Student route entry clearance refusals in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance refusals made under paragraph ST 5.1 of the Immigration Rules were subject to administrative review in each year since 2021; and how many were overturned.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for administrative review of Student route entry clearance refusals were received in each year since 2021; and how many of those resulted in the original decision being withdrawn.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income her Department received from administrative review fees in each year since 2021.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not routinely hold or report income for administrative review fees in the format requested. While some income can be identified through financial records, providing complete figures for each year since 2021 would require extensive manual analysis and review. Given the work required to identify, validate and reconcile this information, it is not possible to provide a sufficiently robust and accurate response within proportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants refused under the Student route subsequently made a fresh application in each year since 2021; and what proportion of those fresh applications were granted.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how credibility interviews for Student route applicants are recorded; and whether those records are verbatim transcripts, audio recordings, or notes typed by the interviewing officer.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request

The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…

UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.

Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applicants for student route visas are given a copy of their interview record before a decision is made; and whether they have an opportunity to correct inaccuracies.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request

The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…

UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.

Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student route applicants from each of the 20 most common nationalities were required to attend a credibility interview each year since 2021.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request

The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…

UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.

Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance refusals were withdrawn following representations from hon. Members in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request

The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…

UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.

Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether speech-to-text or automated transcription software is used to record credibility interviews.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request

The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…

UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.

Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether nationality is used as a factor in selecting Student route applicants for credibility interviews.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request

The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…

UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.

Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Immigration Health Surcharge rate payable by students was in each year since 2015.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) rates payable by students since the inception of the IHS are as follows.

Between;

6 April 2015 and 7 January 2019 - £150 p/a

8 January 2019 and 26 October 2020 - £300 p/a

27 October 2020 and 5 February 2024 - £470 p/a

6 February 2024 and current date - £776 p/a

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on ensuring that women experiencing rough sleeping are accurately represented in Government data on homelessness.

Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, including the Minister for Women and Equalities, are committed to working together on matters relating to women experiencing rough sleeping.

Data about the number of women sleeping rough in England can be found on gov.uk here. Since June 2025 we have included a question on the number of women sleeping rough in our monthly rough sleeping survey. The annual rough sleeping snapshot also includes data on the number of women estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in England. In addition to our official rough sleeping statistics, we continue to gather information from a variety of sources to understand women’s rough sleeping, including the Women’s Census.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will consider allowing Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) theory exams with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) taken before Brexit to remain valid towards UK licence issue.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Following the UK's exit from the EU on 1 January 2021, all relevant training and licensing elements, including theoretical exams, must be completed under UK regulatory oversight. The UK Civil Aviation Authority cannot accept training conducted under European Union Aviation Safety Association (EASA) oversight following EU Exit, as there is no longer a shared regulatory framework or mutual recognition agreement.

The Government has been clear that it will work to reset the relationship with Europe, to strengthen ties and tackle barriers to trade. Establishing an effective aviation licensing and approvals regime that supports UK aviation remains a priority for us, and the UK is keen to establish closer cooperation on personnel licensing approvals where possible to ease the current burden on UK and EU personnel and industry.

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Arrests of Friends of Standing Together and British nationals in the West Bank

Industrial action at The Lancet

Publication of the final report of the Right to Food UK Commission

Cleaners on Merseyrail

Cleaning and catering workers on Transpennine Express

Celebrating Black History Month

Rent levels

UK Disability History Month

Human rights in Bahrain

Wishes for a full and speedy recovery for Pope Leo XIV

Cable Street 90th anniversary

Garvaghy Road

Retaining the Triple Lock on pensions

Post-16 education

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