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British Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 14865 on British Council: Finance, what the planned expenditure of the British Council is for 2024/25.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 2 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 4 Dec 2024
Answer: 17 Dec 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 14865 on British Council: Finance, what the planned expenditure of the British Council is for 2024/25.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
The British Council's Corporate Plan for 2024/25 sets out its projected expenditure as £1,069.5 million and projected total income as £1,047.5 million.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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