{"value":{"id":1865596,"askingMemberId":3935,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-12-17T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","uin":"100846","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how will the cost of the Erasmus Scheme in 2027/28 be funded.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5033,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We have agreed terms with the European Commission that represent a fair balance between the UK’s contribution and the benefits the programme offers, which paved the way for UK participation.</p><p>We have agreed a 30% discount compared to the default terms in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, as well as a review of the UK’s participation in the programme ten months after our association, including data concerning demand for funding in the UK. Going forward, any continued UK participation in Erasmus+ under the next Multiannual Financial Framework will be informed by our experience of association in 2027.</p><p>Erasmus costs will be funded above the department’s spending review settlement and scored in the usual way at the next fiscal event.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Erasmus+ Programme: Finance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1865596","method":"GET"}]}