Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to develop bilateral youth mobility schemes with EU member states; and if she will take steps to help secure such agreements.

We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories including EU Member States. As with previous agreements that we have concluded, Government's approach will be to ensure that the UK nationals benefit from any such new arrangements. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.