Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of a youth mobility agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The UK has a range of cultural exchange schemes that offer young people from the UK and partner countries the chance to experience life in another country and to make lifelong ties and friendships overseas.

Regarding a youth mobility arrangement with the EU, the EU has not approached the UK with a formal proposal. The Government routinely discusses a range of issues with European counterparts, but we are clear that there will be no return to free movement, and that we must reduce the UK's levels of net migration after the record highs reached under the last government.