British Council
(asked on 8th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries hosted a British Council office and staff in (1) 1990, (2) 2000, (3) 2010, and (4) 2015.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(1) In 1990, as stated in the 1989-1990 Annual report, the British Council had offices in the following countries*:
* Details were correct as at 1 September 1990.
Algeria | Argentina | Australia | Austria | Bahrain |
Bangladesh | Belgium | Botswana | Brazil | Brunei |
Bulgaria | Burma | Cameroon | Canada | Chile |
China | Colombia | Cote d'Ivoire | Cyprus | Czechoslovakia |
Denmark | East Jerusalem | Ecuador | Egypt | Ethiopia |
Finland | France | Germany, Federal Republic of | Ghana | Greece |
Hong Kong | Hungary | India | Indonesia | Iraq |
Ireland, Republic of | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan |
Jordan | Kenya | Korea | Kuwait | Lesotho |
Malawi | Malta | Mauritius | Mexico | Morocco |
Mozambique | Namibia | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand |
Nigeria | Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Peru |
Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Qatar | Romania |
Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Singapore | South Africa |
South Pacific | Soviet Union | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan |
Swaziland | Sweden | Tanzania | Thailand | Tunisia |
Turkey | Uganda | United Arab Emirates | USA | Venezuela |
Yemen, Republic of | Yugoslavia | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
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(2) In 2000, as stated in the 1999-2000 Annual Report, the British Council had offices in the following countries*:
*Details are correct as at 31 March 2000.
Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Australia | Austria |
Azerbaijan | Bahrain | Estonia | Latvia | Lithuania |
Bangladesh | Belarus | Belgium | Luxembourg | Bolivia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | Sâo Paulo | Brunei |
Bulgaria | Burma (Myanmar) | Cameroon | Canada | Chile |
China | Colombia | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus |
Czech Republic | Denmark | East Jerusalem (West Bank and Gaza) | Ecuador | Egypt |
Eritrea | Ethiopia | Finland | France | Georgia |
Germany | Ghana | Greece | Hungary | India |
Indonesia | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Jamaica |
Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea |
Kuwait | Lebanon | Lesotho | Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of | Malawi |
Malaysia | Malta | Mauritius | Mexico | Morocco |
Mozambique | Namibia | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand |
Nigeria | Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Peru |
Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Qatar | Romania |
Russia | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Singapore |
Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka |
Sudan | Swaziland | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria |
Tanzania | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey |
Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | USA | Uzbekistan |
Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen | Yugoslavia | Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
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(3) In 2010, as stated in the 2009-10 Annual Report, the British Council had offices in the following countries*:
*Details were correct as at 31 March 2010.
Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Armenia |
Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bahrain | Bangladesh |
Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | Bulgaria |
Burma | Cameroon | Canada | Chile | China |
Colombia | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech republic |
Denmark | Egypt | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia |
Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Ghana |
Greece | Hungary | India | Indonesia | Iraq |
Ireland | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan |
Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea, Republic of | Kosovo |
Kuwait | Latvia | Lebanon | Libya | Lithuania |
Macedonia | Malawi | Malaysia | Malta | Mauritius |
Mexico | Montenegro | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia |
Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nigeria | Norway |
Oman | Pakistan | Palestinian Territories | Philippines | Poland |
Portugal | Qatar | Romania | Russia | Saudi Arabia |
Senegal | Serbia | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Slovakia |
Slovenia | South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan |
Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taipei | Tanzania |
Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Uganda |
Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States of America | Uzbekistan |
Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
(4) In 2015, as stated in the 2014-15 Annual Report, the British Council had offices in the following countries*:
*Details were correct as at 31 March 2015.
Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Argentina | Armenia |
Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bahrain | Bangladesh |
Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | Bulgaria |
Burma | Canada | Chile | China | Colombia |
Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Egypt |
Estonia | Ethiopia | France | Georgia | Germany |
Ghana | Greece | Hungary | India | Indonesia |
Iraq | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Jamaica |
Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea, Republic of |
Kosovo | Kuwait | Latvia | Lebanon | Libya |
Lithuania | Macedonia | Malawi | Malaysia | Malta |
Mauritius | Mexico | Montenegro | Morocco | Mozambique |
Namibia | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nigeria |
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Oman | Pakistan | Peru | Philippines |
Poland | Portugal | Qatar | Romania | Russia |
Rwanda | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Sierra Leone |
Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | South Sudan |
Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Switzerland | Taiwan |
Tanzania | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey |
Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen |
Zambia | Zimbabwe |
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