Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much funding has been provided to the Counter Disinformation Unit since its formation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of student visas, whether the officer who conducts a credibility interview is the same officer who decides the application.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether artificial intelligence, large language models or automated drafting tools are used at any stage in (a) assessing Student route applicati

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether entry clearance officers use standard template paragraphs when drafting refusal notices under paragraph ST 5.1.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training entry clearance officers receive on conducting credibility interviews and assessing the genuine student requirement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether entry clearance officers deciding Student route applications are subject to productivity targets or expected numbers of decisions per day

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student route refusals are reviewed by an Entry Clearance Manager or equivalent before being issued.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route refusal notices were identified as containing errors through quality assurance in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s guidance on the genuine student requirement expects applicants to compare study in the UK with study in other countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student visas were granted to main applicants in each year since 2021.