Question follow-through · 17254
British Council: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Council has to repay its pandemic loan on commercial terms.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 4 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, whether the British Council has to repay its pandemic loan on commercial terms.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Dec 2024
Answer published
The previous Government made available up to £200 million in loans during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the British Council remained solvent, to support restructuring, and to help the British Council return to surplus. The loan was made on commercial t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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