Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing lawful routes to Afghan women with university places, scholarships or credible offers of study to be given a viable pathway to undertake this study in the UK.

In the Restoring Order and Control statement, published in November 2025, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme and capped routes for refugee and displaced people to come to the UK to study or for work.

The Home Secretary announced in March that the refugee student route will open this autumn, with arrivals in autumn 2027.

Work is underway to deliver the new routes and further details will be set out in due course.