Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers studying at (a) university and (b) school have been prevented from continuing with their studies because they have been placed on immigration bail since the Immigration Act 2016 came into force; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that policy on the (i) wellbeing and (ii) future career prospects of those people.

The data requested is not available. Immigration bail does not change existing Home Office policies on access to study and there is nothing in the Immigration Rules to prevent asylum seekers from studying. However, if a failed asylum seeker has exhausted their appeal rights or committed immigration offences, a bail condition preventing study may be imposed.

If a person disputes the study restriction on their immigration bail, the remedy is to seek a variation from the Home Office, removing the restriction.

The Home Office is not aware of any direct representations from schools or universities regarding a restriction on study as a condition of immigration bail.

Individuals are notified of their immigration bail conditions in writing, using a Notification of Grant/Variation of Immigration Bail form (BAIL 201).