Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2017 to Question 60574, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the decision to leave the EU on the number of academic staff at UK Higher Education Institutions whose funding is from EU sources.

Any potential effects of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on the number of academic staff at UK higher education institutions whose funding is from EU sources will be considered as part of wider discussions about the UK’s relationship with the EU.