§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister of Overseas Development (1) what sum has been spent by the United Kingdom on its United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation commitment in each of the last five years;
(2) if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the occasions on which the United Kingdom acted as host country for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation projects, the place where each was held and the cost to public funds of each project.
§ Mr. OramTotal sums spent by the United Kingdom on its U.N.E.S.C.O. commitment are as follows:
£ 1964–65 493,854 1965–66 577,975 1966–67 587,309 1967–68 740,722 1968–69 861,604 These sums include our contribution to U.N.E.S.C.O.'s Regular Budget, the cost of the United Kingdom Delegation Office in Paris, the cost of representation at conferences and meetings, the expenses of the United Kingdom National Commission for U.N.E.S.C.O. and expenses incurred in host country activities.
72Wwith those of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Worcester City to form the West Mercia Constabulary, it is impossible to give separate figures for Shropshire after 1967; and statistics are therefore also given for West Mercia.
During the same period the United Kingdom has acted as host country for the following projects:
(i) Round Table Meeting on Human Rights
University of Oxford, November, 1965, cost to public funds—£228.(ii) International Symposium on Methods in Agroclimatology
University of Reading, July, 1966. Cost to public funds—£731.(iii) Seminar on Education for International Understanding
St. Paul's College, Cheltenham, August, 1966. Cost to public funds—£928.(iv) Seminar on strategies for implementing educational plans in countries of varying stages of development
London, January, 1968. Cost to public funds—£3,402.(Further in October, 1966, Her Majesty's Government invited members of U.N.E.S.C.O.'s Executive Board to London to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the Organisation. This event cost approximately £3,400.)