§ 30. Mr. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what will be the saving to Her Majesty's Treasury of the closing of the British Council organisation in Egypt, Syria and Jordan; and in what other countries are British Council activities being curtailed.
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§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerIt is too early to give a precise estimate, but during the remainder of the current financial year the British Council expect to underspend their allocations for Egypt and Syria by something between £13,000 and £14,000 in all. If the Council's operations in those two countries are not resumed during the financial year 1957–58, the total saving in that year might amount to some £95,000. The British Council's organisation in Jordan has not been closed, and its activities are not being curtailed elsewhere.