Question follow-through · 20588
UK Soft Power Council: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, HC521, of 16 July 2026, page 235, what programmes were funded under the Soft Power Hub in 2025-26.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26, HC521, of 16 July 2026, page 235, what programmes were funded under the Soft Power Hub in 2025-26.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The 2025/26 Soft Power Fund supported small-scale projects and events in 28 countries, including the UK - all with a view to building trust, attractiveness and alliances. For example, championing British food and drink in South Korea, film in Brazil, a st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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