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Commons · Question 36068 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 20 Mar 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 28082 on the British Council, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of any decision to reduce the number of Br

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 20 Mar 2025

The British Council is operationally independent from the UK Government. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) works with the British Council to ensure strategic alignment between FCDO objectives and British Council activity. Decisions r...