§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries in which the British Council does not operate.
§ Mr. FoleyThe British Council is not represented in any form in the following independent States (though they have budgetary provision for some cultural activities in the case of a few of them):
Albania. Jamaica. Barbados. Korea. Bolivia. Laos. Bulgaria. Liberia. Burma. Lichtenstein. Burundi. Malagasy Republic. Central African Republic. Mali. Mauritania. Chad. Monaco. Chinese Peoples' Republic. Mongolian Peoples' Republic. Congo (Democratic Republic of). Muscat and Oman. Nauru. Congo (Popular Re public of). Nicaragua. Niger. Costa Rica. Panama. Dahomey. Paraguay. Dominican Republic. Philippines. Ecuador. Rwanda E1 Salvador. San Marino. Equatorial Guinea. Senegal. Gabonese Republic. Southern Yemen. The Gambia. Syrian Arab Republic. Guatamala. Togo. Guinea. Trinidad and Tobago. Haiti. United States of Holy See. America. Honduras. Upper Volta. Iceland. Viet-Nam. Ireland (Republic of). Western Samoa Ivory Coast. Yemen. Nor is the British Council represented in Taiwan, East Germany, North Vietnam and North Korea.
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§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British Council officials have diplomatic status, and in which countries;
(2) in which countries the British Council's representative is also the Cultural Attaché at the British Embassy.
Country Number of British Council officers Remarks 1. Algeria … … 1 2. Australia … … 1 3. Belgium … … 1 Also Cultural Attaché Luxembourg 4. Cambodia … … 1 5. Canada … … 1 6. Ceylon … … 4 Representative also Cultural Attaché, Maldives 7. Chile … … 4 8. Cuba … … 1 9. Czechoslovakia … … 2 Council not represented as such 10. Denmark … … 1 11. France … … 2 12. Greece … … 2 13. Guyana … … 1 14. Hungary … … 1 Council not represented as such 15. Japan … … 3 16. Mexico … … 3 17. Nepal … … 1 18. New Zealand … … 1 19. Rumania … … 1 Council not represented as such 20. South Africa … … 2 21. Soviet Union … … 1 Assistant Cultural Attaché Council not represented as such 22. Spain … … 1 23. Sweden … … 1 24. Tunisia … … 1 25. Turkey … … 2 26. United Arab Republic … … 3 Council not represented as such 27. Uruguay … … 2 Total 45
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why the British Council does not operate in the United States of America, in view of the fact that it does so in other English-speaking countries.
§ Mr. FoleyEducational and cultural exchanges between the United States and the United Kingdom already take place on a large scale under a wide variety of auspices (including sometimes those of the British Council): and it has not been thought that the contribution which could be made by British Council representation in that country would justify diversion of resources from other tasks elsewhere.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what progress has been made with the implementation of those aspects
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§ Mr. FoleyThe table below lists the countries were one or more British Council officers have diplomatic status, showing how many are thus privileged in each case. In all these countries the senior British Council officer serves on the staff of the British Ambassador or High Commissioner with the title of Cultural Attaché (or an equivalent title):
of the Duncan Report affecting the British Council;
(2) what provision is being made for the British Council's Budget in the year 1970–71, in the light of the recommendation in Chapter VIII, paragraph 28 in the Duncan Report.
§ Mr. FoleyHer Majesty's Government are still studying the recommendations made in the Report. In particular, they are considering with the British Council what steps might be taken to expand the Council's activities in Europe while not losing sight of the important rôle played by the Council in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, subject to Parliamentary approval, some increased provision will be made by redeployment of existing resources for Council activities directed towards Western Europe and for cultural manifestations generally in 1970–71.
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§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will investigate the possibility of providing mobile bookshelves on wheels to enable British Council libraries to be used for meetings and other activities when no alternative accommodation is available.
§ Mr. FoleyThe Council is examining the feasibility of this suggestion in the light of local circumstances.
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Estimated Net British Council Overseas Country Population (in millions) Expenditure £ £ thousand per million capita Afghanistan … … 16.1 23,047 1?4 Algeria … … 12.9 47,712 3.7 Argentina … … 23.6 100,567 4.3 Australia … … 12.0 25,312 2.1 Austria … … 7.4 53,693 7.3 Bahrain and Southern Gulf … … 0.4 24,453 54.4 Belgium and Luxembourg … … 10.0 24,439 2.4 Brazil … … 88.2 133,756 1.5 British Honduras … … 0.1 12,127 121.0 Cambodia … … 6.6 11,396 1.7 Cameroon … … 5.6 10,617 1.9 Canada … … 20.8 15,977 0.8 Ceylon … … 12.0 42,154 3.5 Chile … … 9.4 62,174 6.6 Colombia … … 19.8 27,622 1.4 Cuba … … 8.1 18,638 2.3 Cyprus … … 0.6 65,825 109.7 Czechoslovakia … … 14.4 19,564 1.4 Denmark … … 4.9 11,111 2.3 Ethiopia … … 24.2 135,188 5.6 Finland … … 4.7 33,651 7.2 France … … 49.9 131,924 2.6 Germany … … 58.0 224,235 3.9 Ghana … … 8.4 109,777 13.1 Greece … … 8.8 92,105 10.5 Guyana … … 0.7 17,185 24.6 Hong Kong … … 3.9 41,945 10.7 Hungary … … 10.3 13,445 1.3 India … … 523.9 485,834 0.9 Indonesia … … 112.8 68,300 0.6 Iran … … 27.0 180,940 6.7 Iraq … … 8.6 38,767 4.5 Israel … … 2.7 48,585 18.0 Italy … … 52.8 173,108 3.3 Japan … … 101.1 125,927 1.2 Jordan … … 2.1 58,165 27.7 Kenya … … 10.2 104,509 10.2 Kuwait … … 0.5 34,450 69.0 Lebanon … … 2.6 55,749 21.4 Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland … … 1.9 43,443 22.9 Libya … … 1.8 89,000 49.4 Malawi … … 4.3 32,069 7.5 Malaysia … … 10.3 127,857 12.4 Malta … … 0.3 28,638 95.3 Mauritius … … 0.8 17,879 22.4 Mexico … … 47.3 40,990 0.9 Morocco … … 14.6 34,319 2.3 Nepal … … 10.7 18,050 1.7 Netherlands … … 12.7 24,004 1.9 New Zealand … … 2.8 6,991 2.5 Nigeria … … 62.7 313,467 5.0 Norway … … 3.8 23,831 6.3
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will express the British Council's budget in each country of operation as a sum per million of the population.
§ Mr. FoleyThe table below provides the information requested in respect of countries where the Council is either represented as such or maintains staff:
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Estimated Net British Council Overseas Country Population (in millions) Expenditure ? £ thousand per million capita Pakistan … … … … 121.8 394,443 3.2 Peru … … … … 12.8 39,962 3.1 Poland … … … … 32.3 67,215 2.1 Portugal … … … … 9.5 45,284 4.8 Rumania … … … … 19.7 10,731 0.5 Saudi Arabia … … … … 7.0 35,194 5.0 Sierra Leone … … … … 2.5 33,200 13.3 Singapore … … … … 2.0 29,107 14.6 Somali Republic … … … … 2.7 26,938 10.0 South Africa … … … … 19.2 21,888 1.1 Soviet Union … … … … 237.8 8,952 0.0[...] Spain … … … … 32.6 68,715 2.1 Sudan … … … … 14.8 119,977 8.1 Sweden … … … … 7.9 13,595 1.7 Switzerland … … … … 6.1 11,733 1.9 Tanzania … … … … 12.6 96,888 7.7 Thailand … … … … 33.7 121,085 3.6 Togo … … … … 1.8 6,648 3.7 Tunisia … … … … 4.7 25,715 5.5 Turkey … … … … 33.5 102,419 3.1 Uganda … … … … 8.1 76,427 9.4 United Arab Republic … … … … 31.7 47,470 1.5 Uruguay … … … … 2.8 22,818 8.1 Venezuela … … … … 9.7 27,740 2.9 Yugoslavia … … … … 20.2 84,613 4.2 Zambia … … … … 4.1 42,911 10.5 Notes
(1) The figures do not include British Council Headquarters expenditure on services (e.g. scholarships and cultural manifestations) for individual countries, since this cannot be broken down on a country basis; but in some cases this greatly exceeds the amount allocated on the overseas budget (the Soviet Union is a case in point).
(2) The Council also incurs expenditure in or for various countries where it is not represented, generally on an ad hoc basis, from unallocated headquarters funds.