Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) steps he has taken and (b) discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on achieving the education export targets set in the 2014 International Education Strategy.

There are regular discussions between the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Education concerning education export matters.

This Government continues to support growth in UK education exports, including through the work of the team dedicated to education exports in the Department for International Trade, who have recently announced the establishment of a DIT Education Sector Advisory Board, chaired by myself, which will support the aspirations of the sector internationally. The inaugural meeting of the Board is scheduled for December.