Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stuart Andrew Excerpts
Monday 9th July 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Herbert of South Downs Portrait Nick Herbert
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I have discussed this matter with the hon. Gentleman. We are increasingly moving to integrated working between the Crown Prosecution Service and police force teams, but the specific operational decisions and how these units are resourced are matters for local decision making.

Stuart Andrew Portrait Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con)
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T6. Many of my constituents have raised with me, time and again, their concerns about immigration. Like me, they welcome the progress being made by the Government but are concerned about the abuse in the student immigration route. Given that 26% of students at private colleges were overstaying their visas compared with a figure of just 2% for universities, does the Minister agree that it is right for the Government to focus their reform on private colleges?