Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2015 to Question 6880, what the circumstances and reasons were for the suspension of the licence of Bradford College of Management; and what the circumstances and reasons were for the suspension and revocation of the licences of (a) Bradford Metropolitan College and (b) Bradford Regional College.

The colleges in question were suspended due to their sponsorship of students with questionable or invalid English language test certificates; and a poor level of compliance their with sponsorship duties. All of the colleges were given the opportunity to submit detailed representations against the suspension. Those that failed to address adequately the reasons for suspension subsequently had their sponsor licence revoked.