To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons from Pakistan who completed their student courses in the past three years applied to remain in the United Kingdom; and under which type of category of leave to stay or visa. [HL4070]

It is not possible to provide the information requested as the information is not held centrally. Whilst it is possible to identify the number of Pakistan nationals who have had leave as a student it is not possible to identify which category of leave they have applied for after their student leave expired. The data requested could only be acquired by looking at each individual application from Pakistan nationals over the past three years and to track across all immigration routes. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.