questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the changes in student visa refusal rates over the last 12 months; and how changes in rates are reflected in sponsor compliance requirements.
answerText: The tighter Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) metrics, set out in the Immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025, will come into effect in June. Metrics will not be changed according to fluctuations in student visa refusal rates, which vary over time due to c...
heading: Visas: Overseas Students