Question follow-through · 100071
British Council: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the British Council’s funding and governance model to reduce its vulnerability to future global shocks.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the British Council’s funding and governance model to reduce its vulnerability to future global shocks.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the answer I provided on 28 October in response to question 906060, and to the oral evidence provided to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 9 December by the Permanent Under-Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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