Overseas Students

(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2016 to Question 50734, if she will make an assessment, other than by using passenger survey data, of the number of international students each year who break their visa obligations by remaining in the UK after their course has ended.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 17th November 2016

Over time the data obtained through exit checks will contribute to the statistical picture.

The Home Office is continuing to assess and analyse elements of the exit check data collected in relation to specific cohorts to understand the extent to which estimates provided are statistically robust.

This level of detail is not yet available.

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