Lord Johnson of Marylebone

HL8115 • Immigration: Overseas Students

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May, whether they will carry out an impact assessment for the levy on international student fees.

HL8116 • Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May, what assessment they have made of the impact of the levy on international student fees on the financial sustainability of the higher education sector.

HL8117 • Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May, which areas of the skills and higher education sector the levy on international student fees will be reinvested.

HL8118 • Immigration: Overseas Students

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May, whether they plan to introduce primary legislation to implement the levy on international student fees.

HL8119 • Immigration: Overseas Students

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May, whether they will publish a comparison of the latest individual higher education provider performance data and sector average performance data with the thresholds for the basic compliance assessment relating to (1) visa refusal rates, (2) enrolment rates, and (3) course completion rates; and whether they will publish the individual provider performance data and sector average performance data for each of the past three years.

HL2400 • Students: Fees and Charges

To ask His Majesty's Government, for the purposes of increases in undergraduate tuition fees in the 2025–26 academic year, which higher education providers in the Approved (fee cap) category of registration with the Office for Students are providers without a Teaching Excellence Framework award but with an Access and Participation Plan.

HL2401 • Students: Fees and Charges

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the reason for limiting higher education providers without a Teaching Excellence Framework award but with an Access and Participation Plan to undergraduate tuition fee increases of only £25 for full-time courses in the 2024–25 academic year.

HL2402 • Students: Fees and Charges

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the change in total fee incomes to all higher education providers resulting from the increase in undergraduate tuition fees for the 2025–26 academic year.

HL2403 • Higher Education: Employers' Contributions

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn Budget on higher education providers.

HL1239 • British Nationality: Assessments

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the tender for market testing for Home Office English Language Testing services published on 28 August, what is the rationale behind the Home Office decision to tender this service; and what plans the Home Office has to engage and consult (1) other government departments, in particular the Department for Education, and (2) sectors and industries that may be significantly impacted by this policy, before making any decision.

HL1240 • Students: Loans

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the review of the student finance system, (1) what steps they are taking to reduce opportunities for systemic and organised fraud identified by the National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee; and (2) what was the rationale for paying postgraduate master's loans of up to £12,471 directly to students themselves rather than to universities, as is the practice with loans for undergraduate study.