David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 206, on student visas, what due diligence tests her Department undertook on the Educational Testing Service prior to awarding the company a contract for delivering language tests for visa applications.

James Brokenshire

The licence with Secure English Language Testing providers is clear that
providers must put measures in place to combat abuse and any concerns regarding
fraud or abuse should be reported to the Home Office. All third-party service
providers, whether they are employers, education establishments or test
providers, must take their obligations seriously or face the removal of their
licence to work with us.