HC Deb 29 October 1975 vol 898 cc489-90W
Mr. Wellbeloved

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report any organisation in receipt of public funds from his Department.

Mr. Ennals

Grants and subscriptions exceeding £50,000 per annum are paid by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to each of the following international organisations:

  • United Nations.
  • UN Force in Cyprus.
  • UN Emergency Force.
  • Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
  • Council of Europe.
  • Organisation for European Co-operation and Development.
  • Western European Union.
  • South Pacific Commission.
  • South East Asia Treaty Organisation.
  • Central Treaty Organisation.

In the current financial year, provision has also been made in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Votes for payments of £20,000 or more to, or on account of each of the following:

  • International Commissions for Supervision and Control in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
  • British Council.
  • Wiston House Conference and European Discussion Centre.
  • European Youth Foundation.
  • GB/East Europe Centre.
  • GB/USSR Association.
  • GB/China Centre.
  • Franco-British Council.
  • Commonwealth Institute.
  • Commonwealth Foundation.
  • Foreign Compensation Commission.
  • Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission.
  • North Atlantic Assembly.
  • International Tribunals in Germany.
  • Police Training Committee in Kuala Lumpur.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross.
Payments ranging from £100 to £20,000 are made to about 40 other societies, associations and institutes in the form of grants and subscriptions: payments of under £50 to about 30 other organisations will also be made during the current financial year.

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