HC Deb 26 November 1999 vol 339 cc255-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which British Council offices have opened in each of the last three years. [99582]

Mr. Hain

The following British Council offices opened during the last three years:

1996–97
  • Regional offices: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Teaching centres: Russia, Turkey, India, Burma.
1997–98
  • Country offices: Cuba, Bolivia.
  • Regional offices: Mandalay, Burma; Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Teaching centres: France, Bolivia, Senegal, Brazil.
1998–99
  • Regional offices: Nagoya, Japan.
  • Teaching centres: South Africa, the Philippines, Taipei.
1999–2000
  • Regional offices: Auckland, New Zealand; Kosovo; Krakow, Poland.
  • Teaching centres: Cyprus.
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