Written questions

Visas: Higher Education

2026-05-19 · Home Office · 3543 · Official question

Katrina Murray

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa decision making remains robust while maintaining the UK’s international competitiveness in higher education.

Answer

UKVI has a comprehensive training programme that is kept under regular review to support consistently high standards of decisions. This is supported by a quality assurance framework that draws on feedback from the study sector and incorporates evidence fr...