British Council: Closures
Commons · Question 28081 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Q66 of the oral evidence given by the Chief Executive of the British Council to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 13 January 2025, HC 609, if he will make an
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 10 Feb 2025
The British Council is operationally independent from the UK Government. Decisions relating to the size and model of its overseas network are operational matters for the British Council.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) works with th...