§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will indicate in constant prices the annual contribution paid by the United Kingdom Government to the International Atomic Energy Agency since 1957.
§ Mr. GoodladThe IAEA. regular budget is drawn up in United States dollars and member states contributions are assessed in that currency. The table sets out the United Kingdom's assessed contribution to that budget in the period 1958–1985, together with the equivalent figures at 1985 prices.
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Assessed Contribution ($000s) (a) (b) Prices of the day 1985 United States Prices 1958 295 1,098 1959 377 1,393 1960 422 1,534
Assessed Contribution ($000s) (a) (b) Prices of the day 1985 United States Prices 1961 440 1,584 1962 475 1,691 1963 499 1,757 1964 505 1,754 1965 538 1,835 1966 563 1,870 1967 595 1,921 1968 660 2,043 1969 655 1,926 1970 711 1,973 1971 800 2,126 1972 830 2,140 1973 1,030 2,498 1974 1,328 2,904 1975 1,482 2,969 1976 1,904 3,606 1977 2,063 3,667 1978 2,371 3,916 1979 3,060 4,541 1980 3,741 4,899 1981 3,793 4,490 1982 3,602 4,020 1983 3,788 4,094 1984 4,296 4,449 1985 4,178 4,178 Source: IAEA Annual Accounts 1958–1985.
Note
There is no immediately appropriate deflator for converting these figures to constant prices. The one employed was the purchasing power of the dollar in terms of United States consumer prices.