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847871

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	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	British Council: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to make a decision on the future level of funding for the British Council in the developed world.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL5848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>​The British Council plays an important role in projecting British values and promoting international cultural relations around the world. The British Council will continue to receive the annual funding that was agreed in 2015 as part of the Spending Review. In 2018/19 that includes £151 million Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding and £13 million non-ODA funding. Future funding for the British Council will be decided as part of the next Spending Review. Any decisions on funding which are taken outside that process will be updated to Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/03/2018 14:56:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

847872

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: British Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the British Council's operations in EU member states in the run-up to Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL5849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The British Council plays an important role in maintaining strong and effective partnerships in Europe. British Council operations are primarily a matter for the Council and its Board of Trustees, but we regularly discuss priorities with them and will continue to do so, both for Europe and the rest of the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/03/2018 14:58:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie