Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations (a) her Department and (b) UK Visas and Immigration have received from (a) schools and (b) universities on asylum seekers who have been prevented from continuing with their studies because of immigration bail conditions.

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).