Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the cost to the British Exchequer of each of the international conferences attended by the Prime Minister since the conclusion of the Armistice in 1918?
Mr. YOUNGThe cost of the Paris Peace Conference is given on page 423 of the Report of the Select Committee on Public Accounts (1921) and amounts in all to £697,840. The cost to the British Exchequer of the other international conferences referred to, is estimated to be as follows:
The accounts of the conferences at Paris and Cannes are not yet complete. In addition, certain expenditure was borne by the Government Hospitality Fund, in respect of the expenses on conferences in London, which is not included in the above.
£ s. d. San Remo 850 18 11 Boulogne 575 0 0 Brussels and Spa 2,360 2 11 Lympne 142 19 5 Calais 138 9 8 Paris, August, 1921 326 2 3 Hythe 877 10 6 Paris and Cannes, January, 1922 357 11 6
§ Sir T. BENNETTasked the Lord Privy Seal if a statement may be prepared showing the number of international conferences which have been held to discuss matters arising out of the application of the Treaty of Versailles, the number of the British staffs attending such conferences, and the cost of each conference to the British Treasury?