§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the tender documents for the new RMS St. Helena contract.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe tender documents are not expected to be issued before 5 June. A copy will be placed in the Library as soon as possible.
Total expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on press and public relations from 1983–84 to 1990–91, latest estimates for 1991–92 and budget provisions for 1992–93 are (£ million) Year Payments to Central Office of Information for overseas information material and related activities Other information services Running costs of Diplomatic Wing Information/News Department Running costs of ODA Wing Information Department Costs of information staff at overseas posts Total 1983–84 17.4 0.9 1.8 0.3 12.4 32.8 1984–85 18.8 0.8 1.4 0.3 12.8 34.1 1985–86 18.3 0.9 1.9 0.3 13.6 35.0 1986–87 18.7 0.7 1.9 0.2 14.6 36.1 1987–88 19.2 0.9 2.0 0.2 17.6 39.9 1988–89 18.3 0.9 1.8 0.3 17.5 38.8 1989–90 18.1 3.3 2.4 0.4 18.8 43.0 1990–91 15.7 5.8 3.6 0.4 23.2 48.7 1991–92 12.6 4.9 4.1 0.4 24.8 46.8 1992–93 9.3 6 .9 4.3 0.4 25.9 46.8 Note:
Figures for the period before 1983–84 are not available on a comparable basis.