Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer given by the Prime Minister to Question 58 at the Liaison Committee meeting on 20 December 2016, how many colleges have ceased to operate since 2010 because they have been found to be not offering an education; and if she will place a list of those colleges in the Library.
The number of educational institutions which have had their Tier 4 sponsor licence revoked between 1 May 2010 and up to 7 October 2014 is available and can be found at the following link:
This means that these institutions cannot bring in non-EEA students to study in the UK under the Tier 4 route. The Home Office is planning to publish up to date data shortly.
Revoking an institution’s Tier 4 sponsor licence does not prevent them from operating.