Question follow-through · 74769
Common Purpose: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) the British Council has provided funding to Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) the British Council has provided funding to Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has not provided any direct funding to Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.The British Council has provided £7,650 to Common Purpose since July 2024. This was to deliver three workshops under the Study ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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