HC Deb 29 October 1975 vol 898 cc553-4W
Mr. Wellbeloved

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report any organisations in receipt of public funds from his Department.

Mr. Mason

Apart from payments made in return for goods and services provided to the Department, contributions to NATO, CENTO and SEATO and inter-governmental transactions, the principal organisations receiving payments from Defence Votes are:

  • Brigade of Gurkhas ex-Servicemen's Benevolent Fund.
  • Cadet Forces.
  • Committee of Senior Officials on Scientific and Technological Research.
  • Condominium Authority of the New Hebrides Upper Air Station.
  • Council of Voluntary Welfare Work.
  • FINABEL—Association of Army Chiefs of Staff of seven NATO countries.
  • International Hydrographic Organisation.

Museums

  • Naval and Marine Museums.
  • National Army Museum.
  • Royal Air Force Museum.

Officers' Association.

  • Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the British Red Cross Society.
  • Regular Forces Employment Association.
  • Reserve Forces Association.
  • Royal Aeronautical Society.
  • Royal British Legion (for the relief of distressed Polish ex-Service men).
  • Royal Institute of Naval Architects.
  • Scott Polar Research Institute.

Sports Control Boards

  • Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
  • Army.
  • Royal Air Force.
  • TAVR Associations and the TAVR Council.
  • Von Karman Institute, Brussels.
  • World Meteorological Organisation.