Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed in the Higher Education Audit Team; and what plans she has to change that number.

There are currently five staff working in the Higher Education Assurance Team (HEAT). The team is part of the Home Office's wider Sponsor Compliance Network which is currently under review. Until that review is complete it is not possible to confirm the team's eventual size and structure but its role and responsibilities will continue to be delivered within the Compliance Network's operating structure.