HC Deb 17 November 1976 vol 919 cc586-7W
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much Government aid is currently spent annually on foreign language broadcasts; and if he will itemise this expenditure.

Mr. Luard

In the current financial year, the net cost to Her Majesty's Gov-

£ £
Arabic Service 2,853,000
East European Service
Russian 888,000
Romanian 430,000
Yugoslav (Serbo Croat and Slovene) 398,000
Bulgarian 358,000
2,074,000
Central European Service
Czechoslovak (Czech and Slovak) 630,000
Polish 562,000
Hungarian 495,000
Finnish 257,000
1,944,000
Eastern Service
Hindi 458,000
Persian 337,000
Urdu 313,000
Bengali 248,000
Burmese 209,000
Tamil 41,000
Nepali 25,000
1,631,000
Far Eastern Service
Chinese 592,000
Indonesian and Malay 345,000
Vietnamese 276 000
Japanese 235,000
Thai 171 000
1,619,000
South European Service
Italian 276,000
Greek 264 000
Spanish 250,000
Turkish 227,000
Portuguese 213,000
1,230,000
Latin American Service
Spanish 778 000
Brazilian 432,000
1,210,000
French Service 1,148,000
German Service 991,000
African Service
Hausa 255,000
Swahili 253,000
Somali 201,000
709,000

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