Higher Education: Migrant Students

Questions

Asked by

Baroness Neville-Jones
To ask Her Majesty's Government how organisations permitted to sponsor migrant students are evaluated; and what are the criteria on which they are judged. [HL368]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead)
Full details can be found in the tier four sponsor guidance available on the UK Border Agency website http://www.ukba.homeoffice. gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/employersandsponsors /pbsguidance/

Asked by

Baroness Neville-Jones
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrant student sponsors were listed in the register of sponsors, the register of education and training providers, and any predecessor lists, in each year since 1997. [HL369]

Lord West of Spithead
As at 2 December 2009, the UK Border Agency had approved 1,925 organisations to sponsor migrant students under tier four of the points-based system.

The concept of migrant student sponsors was introduced in November 2008 when the tier four sponsor register opened. There were 14,838 institutions on the DIUS register of education and training providers when it closed on 31 March 2009. Information for each year since 1997 is not held.