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<p>The Turing scheme will be backed by £110 million for the 2021-22 academic year,
providing funding for similar numbers of UK students to travel abroad as under Erasmus+,
which is approximately 20,000 higher education (HE) students, 10,000 further education
and vocational training students and 5,000 school pupils, subject to demand.</p><p>Widening
participation and levelling up is a core aim of the Turing Scheme. That is why we
plan the following, to widen access to mobilities for disadvantaged groups with additional
grants for living costs and living expenses:</p><ul><li>When bidding, providers will
need to demonstrate how their project will support widening access. The assessment
criteria will be heavily weighted towards this criterion.</li><li>Maintaining parity
with Erasmus+ grant rates and existing student finance support, but provide additional
financial support for those from disadvantaged backgrounds by reimbursing travel-related
costs.</li><li>We will actively target and promote the scheme in those geographical
areas of disadvantage, helping to level up the country.</li><li>We have reduced the
minimum HE duration of outward mobilities from a minimum of one term to 4 weeks.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>Adult education mobilities under Erasmus+ were for staff rather than students.
In considering which elements of the Erasmus+ programme we would immediately replicate
under the Turing Scheme, we prioritised ensuring that as many students, learners and
pupils as possible have access to life-changing mobilities to support them in developing
the skills that will help them to thrive.</p><p>Youth and sport are policy responsibilities
of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).</p><p>Erasmus+ Sport
is a very small part of the programme, representing only 1.8% of the overall budget.
DCMS estimates that UK organisations have, on average, benefited by less than £1.5
million a year from Erasmus+ Sport.</p><p>We do not need to create a specific programme
to replace Erasmus+ Sport activities. We are already investing significant sums of
money in sport programmes that align with Erasmus+ Sport themes and objectives. For
example, through Sport England, we are investing more than £1.2 billion between 2016-21
on grassroots sport and physical activity programmes.</p><p>The National Agency collect
and publish data on projects funded as part of Erasmus+, including for broken down
by England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/statistics</a>.</p><p>The table below
shows the value of Erasmus+ projects funded in Scotland from call year 2015 to 2017
(the call year is the year in which applications can be made). This is the latest
data available, and it can be found in table 11 at the following link: <a href="https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/file/14125/download"
target="_blank">https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/file/14125/download</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Value
of Erasmus+ projects funded in Scotland (in euros)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2015 Call</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016 Call</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017
Call</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total value of projects funded</strong></p></td><td><p>€14,719,965</p></td><td><p>€15,617,009</p></td><td><p>€21,436,222</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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