English Language: Assessments
Commons · Question 126840 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Parliamentary Question 104261 answered on 16 January 2026, whether the ‘net positive benefit to the public purse’ of the new Home Office English Language Test will be used to support manag
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 20 Apr 2026
The financial benefits arising from the HOELT are expected to accrue to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) budgets within the Home Office. Under the current concession model, test fees are retained by approved providers. The new model changes that financial ...