HC Deb 31 October 1994 vol 248 cc921-2W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total cost of all assistance provided to the Falkland Islands in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Goodlad

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the House on 20 April 1993 by my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (Sir M. Lennox-Boyd), which listed such expenditure from 1983. The following figures bring that reply up to date:

Gross public expenditure on aid to the Falklands

  • (£000s)
  • 1992–93 58
  • 1993–94 12(provisional)

Additional assistance was provided by the diplomatic wing as follows:

Assistant under-secretary's programme budget

  • (£000s)
  • 1992–93 5
  • 1993–94 7

FCO scholarship awards scheme

  • (£000s)
  • 1993–94 14

I have nothing to add to the statement made on 20 April 1993 about costs relating to the defence of the islands.

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