Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules, HC1154, published on 15 June 2018, for what reasons India was not included; and what plans he has to include students from India in the future.

The addition of new countries and competent authorities to Appendix H is based on objective data. As stated in my previous response to UIN 160204 and UIN 157145, the factors which are considered include the volume of students from a country and their Tier 4 immigration compliance risk.

Information on risk profiles is sensitive and cannot be disclosed.

We will keep Appendix H under review, adding and removing countries and competent authorities from this list based on objective criteria at each refresh.