Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to commit to maintaining funding for Scottish and UK higher education institutions from EU sources at or above current levels after the UK leaves the EU.

The Government has confirmed that HM Treasury will underwrite the payment of Horizon 2020 awards, even when projects continue beyond the UK’s exit from the EU. HM Treasury has also guaranteed structural and investment fund projects signed before the UK leaves the EU, as long as they provide strong value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities.

Decisions on both funding for higher education institutions and access to Erasmus+ following the UK’s exit from the EU will be considered as part of wider discussions about the UK’s relationship with the EU.