HC Deb 27 October 1989 vol 158 c644W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what contribution has been made by the United Kingdom to the International Atomic Energy Agency annual operating budget for 1990; what proportion of the total budget this constitutes; and what was the basis on which the United Kingdom contribution was calculated.

Mr. Michael Spicer

The United Kingdom's subscription to the International Atomic Energy Agency's 1990 regular budget will be $7.7 million, equivalent to 4.99 per cent. This subscription will be paid in the financial year 1990–91. The assessment on member states is based on the United Nations formula for the scale of contributions, adjusted to take account of the safeguards and non-safeguards components of the budget.