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Department for Education: UK Soft Power Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions a) Ministers and b) officials in her Department have had with the Soft Power Council.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
3 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions a) Ministers and b) officials in her Department have had with the Soft Power Council.

  2. 3 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Since the Soft Power Council was established in January 2025, it has met four times. Information about the Soft Power Council and its meetings is available on GOV.UK, including meeting dates, terms of reference and abridged minutes of discussions.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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