Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact on the British Council of losing the contract to run the Turing Scheme.

Decisions relating to the future operation of the Turing scheme were carefully considered by the Department for Education as part of the tendering process. The financial assessment alongside wider commercial activities are a matter for the British Council which were taken into account as part of their bid.