Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2018 to Question 125302, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its work with the higher education sector on Trade Missions reflects the diversity of the UK’s university sector.

Higher education opportunities overseas are likely to be relevant to a broad range of UK higher education institutions and we thus seek to ensure that the widest grouping of providers is invited to participate. We promote trade missions via a diverse network of higher education representative groups, as well as to the institutions themselves, in both public and private sectors.