Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a right of appeal against the revocation of sponsor licences held by care providers.

The Government has no plans to introduce a right of appeal. Sponsorship is a privilege and subject to strict conditions.

Unless the circumstances demand immediate revocation, a sponsor is given the opportunity to make representations, including any mitigating circumstances, before a decision is made.

A sponsor can seek judicial review of the decision.