HC Deb 30 April 1991 vol 190 c139W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the United Kingdom Government or its representative will be supporting the listing of sea turtles on annex II of the protocol as proposed by the ad hoc meeting of experts for the development of annexes in November 1990 concerning specially protected areas and wildlife under the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region, Cartagena convention.

Total expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on press and public relations from 1983–84 to 1989–90, latest estimates for 1990–91 and budget provisions for 1991–92
(£ million):
1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Payments to Central Office of Information for overseas information material and related activities 17.4 18.8 18.3 18.7 19.2 18.3 18.1 15.7 11.9
Other information services 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 3.3 5.8 5.5
Running costs of Diplomatic Wing Information/News Department 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.4 3.6 5.0
Running costs of ODA Wing Information Department 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Costs of information staff at overseas posts 12.4 12.8 13.6 14.6 17.6 17.5 18.8 20.2 21.6
Total 32.8 34.1 35.0 36.1 39.9 38.8 43.0 45.7 44.4
Figures for the period before 1983–84 are not available on a comparable basis.

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