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British Council: Finance

Commons · Question 61055 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the British Council is projected to receive in (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c) 2027-28 and (d) 2028-29, in the context of the Spending Review 2025.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 25 Jun 2025

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is providing the British Council with £163.1 million Grant-in-Aid this financial year (2025/26). The British Council's Grant-in-Aid funding for future years was not settled in the Spending Review and...