Since the introduction of PBS Tier 4 on 31 March 2009, UKBA has the authority to suspend or revoke the licence of a college. Of the 1,800 colleges currently licensed, 14 had their licences revoked between 1 April and 31 October this year. The number of visas issued to students attending these colleges in 2007, 2008 and 2009 is shown in the following table:
College 2007 2008 2009 Grand total Bells College 37 48 175 260 Brookes College 1 — — 1 Concept Care College 18 88 97 203 Holborn School of Finance and Management — 5 3 8 London Academy for Higher Education 62 82 58 202 London College of Science and Technology 81 16 52 149 London College Wimbledon 112 137 292 541 London Reading College 225 340 456 1,021 London School of Language t/a Great Chapel College 181 207 61 449 Middlesex College 197 152 183 532 St Martin's Business School 22 37 5 64 The Muslim college 3 8 1 12 Waterloo School of English 68 43 60 171 Grand Total 1,007 1,163 1,443 3,613
[holding answer 25 November 2009]: Tier 4 of the points based system was implemented on 31 March 2009, replacing the previous arrangements for overseas students to come and study in the UK.
Between 31 March 2009 and 14 December 2009 2101 former students, which would include people who were students under the arrangements which applied before the implementation of Tier 4, have been served with enforcement form IS 151A of which 1,811 have been removed from the UK.
These figures are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information. They are therefore provisional and subject to change.
[holding answer 15 December 2009]: As I advised the hon. Member in my answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 481W, we do not record information on the duration of the administrative review process.