Written questions by Murray.

What guidance has been issued to officials assessing eligibility for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process on cases involving contributions by Post Office Ltd towards claimants' legal costs.

Awaiting answer.

Whether claimants whose compensation has not been independently reassessed because they received a contribution from Post Office Ltd towards legal costs meet the eligibility criteria for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process.

Awaiting answer.

Whether the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process contains any discretion to admit exceptional cases where the application of the eligibility criteria would prevent a claimant's compensation from being independently reassessed.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment he has made of the equity of applying eligibility criteria for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process based on legal costs arrangements entered into before that appeals process existed.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he has identified any category of Horizon claimants who are unable to access an independent reassessment of compensation because they do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process.

Awaiting answer.

How many claimants have been found ineligible for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process because they received a contribution from Post Office Ltd towards legal costs.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process to ensure that claimants are not excluded from an independent assessment of their compensation because of legal costs arrangements.

Awaiting answer.

For what reason claimants are excluded from the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process where Post Office Ltd contributed towards part of their legal costs.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he has considered offering further interest free loans to retired civil servants who are still awaiting pension quotes and payouts from the Civil Service Pension Scheme operated by Capita.

Awaiting answer.

Media and Sport, what levels of funding have been provided to Fair4All Finance and what governance structures are in place for monitoring the spending of this funding.

To date, £277.5 million of dormant assets funding has been allocated to Fair4All Finance to deliver financial inclusion initiatives. This includes £132.5 million allocated under the 2025 Dormant Assets Strategy. This funding will support financially exclu...

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding from the UK Government has been provided for the transition from conflict to peace in Colombia in the years 2018-2022 and 2022-2026 as part of the 2016 peace agr

The UK has been a leading international advocate of Colombia's peace process. Since 2016, the UK has committed over £80 million to support the implementation of the agreement and we are one of the largest UN Trust Fund donors. The Hon Member can find deta...

What discussions his Department has had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on its assessments of the appropriateness of registrants with criminal convictions to practice as registered nurses an

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The NMC is independent of the Government, is directly accountable to Parliament, and is responsible for o...

What training and quality assurance processes are in place for staff assessing student visa applications where refusals are made on grounds of course credibility or academic progression.

My response to your previous question of PQ 3544 confirmed that changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) policy were first announced on 23 May 2024.Since then, I have continued to engage regularly with the education sector on the BCA policy and wh...

How her Department monitors refusal rates for student visa's linked to the grounds of course credibility or academic progression.

My response to your previous question of PQ 3544 confirmed that changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) policy were first announced on 23 May 2024.Since then, I have continued to engage regularly with the education sector on the BCA policy and wh...

What evaluation her Department has made of the adequacy of the implementation timeframe for the Basic Compliance Assessment.

My response to your previous question of PQ 3544 confirmed that changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) policy were first announced on 23 May 2024.Since then, I have continued to engage regularly with the education sector on the BCA policy and wh...

What mechanisms exist for universities to challenge or seek clarification where refusal of student visas appear to result from a misunderstanding of course structure or progression pathways.

My response to your previous question of PQ 3544 confirmed that changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) policy were first announced on 23 May 2024.Since then, I have continued to engage regularly with the education sector on the BCA policy and wh...

How many visa applications were refused in each year of the last 5 years, broken down by visa category.

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas, by visa type, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on outcomes of visa applications, including refusals, are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance vi...

What notice was provided to licensed student sponsors of changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment metrics.

The Home Office engages regularly with the education sector on the development and implementation of changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) policy and has provided the sector with advance notice of these.Strengthened compliance expectations for ...

What internal assessment was undertaken of the impact of changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment for international student visas on student recruitment cycles in UK universities.

An illustrative assessment of the potential impact of the changes to the Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) was published alongside the Immigration White Paper and can be found at Restoring control over the immigration system: technical annex (accessible) ...

What steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa decision making remains robust while maintaining the UK’s international competitiveness in higher education.

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...