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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-10-24more like thismore than 2017-10-24
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 more like this
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Overseas Students remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Education, (b) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (c) Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and (d) Home Affairs on (i) higher education exports and (ii) encouraging overseas students to study in the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Sefton Central more like this
tabling member printed
Bill Esterson more like this
uin 109384 remove filter
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-01more like thismore than 2017-11-01
answer text <p>The Department for Education will be a standing member of the DIT Education Sector Advisory Board. Other Government Departments, including the Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Home Office will be invited depending on the agenda for each meeting. The Government recognises the benefit that education exports bring to the UK and this Group will support the aspirations of the sector internationally.</p><p> </p><p>DIT liaises regularly across Whitehall departments in support of growth in higher education exports. The Government actively champions study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and through the British Council which promotes the UK in over 100 countries. The UK attracts high numbers of overseas students, second only to the USA in terms of our market share, and there continues to be no limit to the number who can come here to study.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wyre Forest more like this
answering member printed Mark Garnier more like this
grouped question UIN 109386 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-11-01T17:46:12.427Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-01T17:46:12.427Z
answering member
4074
label Biography information for Mark Garnier more like this
tabling member
4061
label Biography information for Bill Esterson more like this