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answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
date	2019-01-28
min answer › date of answer	2018-12-14
answer › answer text	%3Cp%3EThe British Council English Language Training Programme was suspended in August 2017 when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office %28FCO%29 changed its Travel Advice for North Korea to advise against all but essential travel. Over its lifetime the programme provided training to hundreds of teachers and tuition to 4%2C500 students%2C exposing North Korean teachers and students to alternative views of the outside world. There have been no substantive discussions between the FCO and British Council on restarting the programme.%3C%2Fp%3E
min answer › question first answered	2018-11-12T12:09:31.487Z

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28/01/2019

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North Korea: British Council

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To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the British Council on restarting its English language teaching programme in North Korea; and whether they intend to provide funding to restart that programme.

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Lord Alton of Liverpool

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07/02/2019

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<p>The British Council English Language Training Programme was suspended in August 2017 when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) changed its Travel Advice for North Korea to advise against all but essential travel. Over its lifetime the programme provided training to hundreds of teachers and tuition to 4,500 students, exposing North Korean teachers and students to alternative views of the outside world. There have been no substantive discussions between the FCO and British Council on restarting the programme.</p>

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

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07/02/2019 15:35:41

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