Question / Department for Education: Taiwan

Question for Department for Education
UIN 187963, tabled on 6 June 2023

Question
Elizabeth Truss
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with representatives of the Government of Taiwan in each of the last five years.

Answer
Robert Halfon
Conservative

Answered on
14 June 2023

The UK has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan. It has a strong, unofficial relationship based on deep and growing ties in a wide range of areas, underpinned by shared democratic values.

The department had discussions with representatives of the Taiwan administration in 2022.