Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will make a estimated projection of the number of students participating in the English language teaching sector in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

The most recent trade mission in which representatives from the English language teaching (ELT) sector were invited and attended was to Malaysia from 20-23 February 2023.

The projected number of students participating in the English language teaching sector for 2023 - 2025 is 385,000 per year [Source: English UK).

We work closely with English UK, who are members of the Education Sector Advisory Group, co-chaired by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Department for Education ministers. We have provided support for English UK’s English with Confidence campaign, including through the production of promotional material and hosting around 50 overseas ELT agents during a familiarisation visit in September 2022. We will continue to ensure that the ELT sector’s recovery and ambition is captured in the Government’s International Education Strategy. DBT will be supporting English UK’s Study World event and will support the sector at ICEF (International Consultants for Education and Fairs) Berlin, alongside considering ELT mission destinations for the next 15 months.