{"value":{"id":1140069,"memberId":1466,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs","uin":"HCWS1740","dateMade":"2019-07-18T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":16,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign and Commonwealth Office","title":"British Council Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19","text":"<p>Copies of the British Council's Annual Report and Accounts for the 2018-19 financial year have been placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p>The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities and it makes a significant contribution to projecting British values overseas and generating soft power for the UK in return. In doing so it makes a lasting difference to the UK's security, prosperity and influence. The British Council is the world's leading cultural relations organisation, with a reach in 2018-19 of 791 million people. This included 80 million direct interactions, through a presence in over 100 countries.</p><p>The Council received £184m grant-in-aid from the FCO in 2018/19, which included additional funding to support their work in Europe.</p><p>The Report can also be found at the British Council's website: <a href=\"https://fcogovuk-my.sharepoint.com/personal/marcus_besley_fco_gov_uk/Documents/Documents/www.britishcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.britishcouncil.org</a></p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":15,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1140077,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2019-07-18T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1140069","method":"GET"}]}