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Lords statement on a fairer pathway to settlement for migrants.
Lords statement on a fairer pathway to settlement for migrants.
Lords statement on the Government's White Paper on restoring control over the immigration system.
Lords statement on the Government's White Paper on restoring control over the immigration system.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average waiting time for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking to access English courses provided by the Salvation Army as part of the victim care contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average waiting time for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking to access English courses provided by the Salvation Army as part of the victim care contract.
The Victim Care Contract for adult victims of modern slavery, delivered for the Government by The Salvation Army does not include the provision of English courses and therefore the Home Office does not have data on average waiting times for victims to access classes. Through the Victim Care Contract, victims of modern slavery receive accommodation, subsistence, access to mental, physical and dental health services, and signposting to legal support.
Recently announced reforms to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) will mean that confirmed victims have access to this support for a minimum of 90 days, and when victims leave central-government funded support they will have access to drop-in services for a further 6 months
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students who have had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused who held a cancelled ETS English language certificate have been detained and subsequently removed from the UK in each year since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students who have had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused who held a cancelled ETS English language certificate have been detained and subsequently removed from the UK in each year since May 2010.
Data on the operational response to the abuse of Secure English Language Testing supplied by ETS is published quarterly in the Home Office Transparency data which can be accessed at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2015 .
The most recent figures are published to the end of Quarter 1 2015 and include the number of individuals who have had leave curtailed or an application refused, those who have been removed from the United Kingdom and those who had at some time been detained. In addition to these figures a significant number of individuals will have chosen to leave the UK of their own volition without Home Office assistance.
The Home Office has not been notified of cancelled English language test certificates issued by other providers since 2010 on anything approaching the scale of ETS. Moreover it is in theory possible that an individual student may have had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused for reasons unrelated to their English language proficiency but might subsequently also have had a test certificate issued by a provider other than ETS cancelled. For these reasons, aside from ETS, the Home Office does not hold aggregated figures for students who have had leave curtailed or been refused leave to remain since May 2010 and who have had at any time an English language test certificate issued by a provider other than ETS withdrawn
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students who hold a cancelled English language test certificate have (a) had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused and (b) been removed from the UK in each year since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students who hold a cancelled English language test certificate have (a) had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused and (b) been removed from the UK in each year since May 2010.
Data on the operational response to the abuse of Secure English Language Testing supplied by ETS is published quarterly in the Home Office Transparency data which can be accessed at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2015 .
The most recent figures are published to the end of Quarter 1 2015 and include the number of individuals who have had leave curtailed or an application refused, those who have been removed from the United Kingdom and those who had at some time been detained. In addition to these figures a significant number of individuals will have chosen to leave the UK of their own volition without Home Office assistance.
The Home Office has not been notified of cancelled English language test certificates issued by other providers since 2010 on anything approaching the scale of ETS. Moreover it is in theory possible that an individual student may have had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused for reasons unrelated to their English language proficiency but might subsequently also have had a test certificate issued by a provider other than ETS cancelled. For these reasons, aside from ETS, the Home Office does not hold aggregated figures for students who have had leave curtailed or been refused leave to remain since May 2010 and who have had at any time an English language test certificate issued by a provider other than ETS withdrawn
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of students who have had their leave curtailed or extension of their leave refused where there was a cancelled ETS English language certificate who have left the UK under the normal Removals...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of students who have had their leave curtailed or extension of their leave refused where there was a cancelled ETS English language certificate who have left the UK under the normal Removals...
Data on the operational response to the abuse of Secure English Language Testing supplied by ETS is published quarterly in the Home Office Transparency data which can be accessed at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-may-2015 .
The most recent figures are published to the end of Quarter 1 2015 and include the number of individuals who have had leave curtailed or an application refused, those who have been removed from the United Kingdom and those who had at some time been detained. In addition to these figures a significant number of individuals will have chosen to leave the UK of their own volition without Home Office assistance.
The Home Office has not been notified of cancelled English language test certificates issued by other providers since 2010 on anything approaching the scale of ETS. Moreover it is in theory possible that an individual student may have had leave to remain curtailed or extension of leave to remain refused for reasons unrelated to their English language proficiency but might subsequently also have had a test certificate issued by a provider other than ETS cancelled. For these reasons, aside from ETS, the Home Office does not hold aggregated figures for students who have had leave curtailed or been refused leave to remain since May 2010 and who have had at any time an English language test certificate issued by a provider other than ETS withdrawn
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will publish the proposed (a) terms of reference, (b) method and (c) timescale of her Department’s investigation into language tests organised by the Educational Testing Service;
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will publish the proposed (a) terms of reference, (b) method and (c) timescale of her Department’s investigation into language tests organised by the Educational Testing Service;
On 6 February 2014, ETS were instructed to suspend all English language testing in the UK for immigration purposes and from the same date, all immigration applications made in the UK that are supported by an ETS test certificate have been placed on hold. On 5 April, the licence ETS held to conduct English language testing for immigration purposes expired and it has not been renewed. A criminal investigation, which began before the BBC Panorama programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK, remains ongoing.
(2) what estimate she has made of the income provided to the Educational Testing Service for English language tests by (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) her Department in each of the last three years.
Mr Hanson:
(2) what estimate she has made of the income provided to the Educational Testing Service for English language tests by (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) her Department in each of the last three years.
Mr Hanson:
On 6 February 2014, ETS were instructed to suspend all English language testing in the UK for immigration purposes and from the same date, all immigration applications made in the UK that are supported by an ETS test certificate have been placed on hold. On 5 April, the licence ETS held to conduct English language testing for immigration purposes expired and it has not been renewed. A criminal investigation, which began before the BBC Panorama programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK, remains ongoing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to investigate the English language test results of students who completed English language tests organised by ETS in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to investigate the English language test results of students who completed English language tests organised by ETS in each of the last three years.
The Home Office has suspended acceptance of all ETS tests taken and used in the UK while the scope of the issue is ascertained and to determine the number of people who have taken a test and been involved in fraud. We have specialist teams in place to undertake this analysis.
We are looking at all current and past applications. Anyone who is found to have used or is currently trying to use evidence that they obtained dishonestly can expect to have their leave curtailed and be removed from the UK or have any outstanding application refused and leave the UK. We will also seek criminal prosecution where appropriate and use all of the measures that we have available.
Our reforms have curbed abuse by closing bogus colleges, making the application process more rigorous and imposing more rules on colleges to improve course quality. However, as the recent BBC Panorama programme highlighted, much more needs to be done.
The Government will take all necessary steps, but our approach also requires the education sector, particularly private or further education colleges and those providing secure English language testing, to take on their responsibility to tackle abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on the establishment of English language test centres for immigrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on the establishment of English language test centres for immigrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 9 June 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12WS, on English language requirement, whether she expects the English language requirement for migrants applying to join a spouse in the UK to be in place by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 9 June 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12WS, on English language requirement, whether she expects the English language requirement for migrants applying to join a spouse in the UK to be in place by...