Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the US Administration on (a) the benefits of the Fulbright Scholarship programme to UK-US relations and (b) the level of funding required for that programme in the next five years.

Our officials are in contact with representatives from the Fulbright Commission. Decisions on the State Department budget are ultimately a matter for the US administration and Congress.