§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the conferences, including their dates, locations and costs, which have led to increases in the Civil Estimates of section A4(3) of Class II, 5 from £60,000 to £300,000.
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§ Mr. HattersleyThe original Estimate covered the United Kingdom share of costs, apportioned among the governments taking part, of the following conferences:
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE):
Stage III: Helsinki £ Ministerial final session in Helsinki 25,000 Negotiations in Vienna on mutual reduction of forces and armaments and associated measures in Central Europe (MBFR) 20,000 Non-proliferation treaty review conference in Geneva (NPT) 15,000 60,000 The figure of £300,000 represented approximately 85 per cent. of the revised United Kingdom share of costs, as follows:
£ CSCE negotiations in Geneva (1st January-21st July 1975) 210,000 CSCE Stage III: Helsinki (30th July-to 1st August 1975) 112,000 MBFR (whole year) 12,000 NPT (5th-30th May 1975) 18,000 352,000 The latest available estimate of costs is as follows:
£ CSCE Geneva … … … 232,000 CSCE Helsinki … … … 140,000 MBFR … … … 11,000 NPT … … … 18,000 … … … 401,000 Further supplementary estimate provision will be sought for the final £101,000.