Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the operational budget for the British Council in each of the last ten years.
The British Council has provided the following figures from their Annual Reports which reflect the total resources expended for each of the last ten years.
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Total resources expended (£'000) | 557,402 | 621,579 | 708,083 | 665,321 | 720,413 | 785,333 | 880,410 | 975,880 | 971,363 | 1,085,934 |
Further information on the British Council’s finances are available from their Annual Reports which are online and in the parliamentary library.