§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a breakdown of the increase in provision for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including the Overseas Development Administration, from £1,558 million in 1982–83 to £1,689 million in 1983–84 (Treasury Autumn Statement 1982).
§ Mr. RifkindThe breakdown of the increase of £131 million from 1982–83 to 1983–84 for the two wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is diplomatic wing £36 million, overseas development administration £95 million.
The increase in the provision for the diplomatic wing is made up as follows: overseas representation £12 million; overseas information £18 million; other external relations £6 million.
£85 million of the overseas development administration increase is for the net aid programme and most of the rest provides for the extra costs of supplements for overseas pensioners. Since the publication of the White Paper (Cmnd. 8494) referred to in the Autumn Statement the net aid programme provision for 1982–83 has been increased by nearly £9 million as announced by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development in his replies to my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr. Carlisle) on 28 October and to my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stevenage (Mr. Wells) on 8 November.
Some of the figures may be subject to detailed technical amendment before publication of the 1983 Public Expenditure White Paper.—[Vol. 29, c. 516; Vol. 31, c. 42.]