HC Deb 01 March 1993 vol 220 cc5-6W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the funding in real terms for Relate for each year from 1983–84 to 1993–94.

Mr. Jack

[holding answer 26 February 1993]: The Home Office grant in aid to Relate for each year from 1983–84 to 1993–94 is set out in actual terms and real terms, using 1991–92 as the base year.

Actual expenditure (£) Real terms expenditure (£)
1983–84 788,000 1,254,957
1984–85 827,460 1,254,183
1985–86 864,570 1,242,609
1986–87 890,500 1,239,974
1987–88 912,870 1,204,902
1988–89 935,910 1,151,478
1989–90 958,890 1,106,408
1990–91 1,006,840 1,076,408
1991–92 1,107,500 1,107,500

Salary Other benefits
Bermuda B$117.150 B$68,900 Accountable entertainment allowance
Gibraltar £50,636 £5,609 Duty allowance £8.51 per day table allowance—paid by MOD
Hong Kong HK$l,912,200 HK$463,200 Entertainment allowance
Cayman Islands Cayman $90,804 £6,311 Diplomatic service allowance—DSA—paid by FCO

The governors of St. Helena, Turks and Caicos and Montserrat are paid a local salary by the dependent Governments, and a salary supplement based on the salary

Actual expenditure (£) Actual expenditure (£)
1992–93 1,511,400 1,449,784
1993–94 1,530,500 1,428,811

In real terms there has been an increase of 13.85 per cent. in the grant during the period in question: the actual increase is 94.2 per cent.

Relate has also received £48,000 from the Home Office and £10,000 from the Department of Social Security.