British Council: Finance
Commons · Question 127225 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the principal financial pressures facing the British Council; and what the main drivers of those pressures are.
Answer
Answered by Chris Elmore, 17 Apr 2026
I refer the Hon Member to (a) the answer I provided on 28 October 2025 in response to question 906060, (b) the oral evidence provided to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 9 December 2025 by the Permanent Under-Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Dev...