§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what was the income and expenditure of the British Council on account of its direct teaching of English operations in each of the countries where these schemes were run in the year 1976–77;
(2) if he will list the countries where the British Council is currently running or planning to run direct teaching of English operations.
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§ Mr. RowlandsThe information requested for 1976–77 is shown in the following table:
1976–77 £,000 Expenditure* Revenue Algeria 20 20 Bahrain 27 53 Egypt† 41 1 Greece 121 136 Iran 563 607 Iraq 64 70 Italy 197 206 Jordan 23 14 Kuwait 46 85 Morocco 52 27 Oman 14 44 Portugal 154 198 Qatar 14 23 Saudi Arabia 41 4 Spain 388 431 United Arab Emirates 21 35 1,786 1,954 * New operation. † Expenditure includes the cost of all administrative overheads in the United Kingdom and overseas. Since then, the British Council has opened direct teaching of English operations in Hong Kong, Lebanon and the Netherlands and is planning similar operations in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Singapore, Syria, Venezuela and the Federal Republic of Germany.