§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report 552W the organisations in receipt of grants and subscriptions from his Department in the current financial year or for which he intends to propose such grants or subscriptions and the amounts received, or proposed, in each case.
§ Mr. LuardThe following subscriptions are expected to be paid during the current financial year:
Organisation £ United Nations 8,811,000 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 4,188,000 United Nations Force in Cyprus 4,085,000 Council of Europe 3,263,000 United Nations Emergency Force including the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 2,620,000 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1,640,000 Commonwealth Secretariat 639,000 Western European Union 569,000 South Pacific Commission 231,000 Central Treaty Organisation 141,000 European Youth Foundation 29,000 Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law 18,800 Co-ordinating Committee, Paris 15,200 International Institute for the Unification of Private Law 13,900 International Exhibitions Bureau 3,800 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 3,400 Permanent Court of Arbitration 2,900 South East Asia Treaty Organisation 1,600 Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 5,330 Royal Institute of International Affairs 1,000 Institute for Strategic Studies 250 Royal African Society 175 London Library 110 Harrods Library 55 In addition, subscriptions of £50 or less will be paid to some 32 other bodies: of these 20 are principally for the supply of written material.
In many cases the exact amount payable in respect of international subscriptions will not be known until the budget for 1978 has been finalised.
Grants at present expected to be made are as follows, subject in certain cases to Parliamentary authority:
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Organisation £ BBC External Broadcasting Services 30,445,000 BBC External Monitoring Services 2,203,000 British Council 22,300,000 Commonwealth Institute 1,068,000 Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 269,250
Organisation £ Commonwealth Foundation (net) 150,000 North Atlantic Assembly 102,625 Great Britain/East Europe Centre 50,000 Great Britain/USSR Association 47,000 Great Britain/China Centre 25,000 International Committee of the Red Cross 25,000 Royal Institute of International Affairs 25,000 British Youth Council 22,200 British Atlantic Committee 15,700 Natural Environment Research Council (in respect of Falkland Island Dependencies) 15,000 Franco-British Council (British Section) Ltd 16,000 Police Training Committee in Kuala Lumpur 12,000 Book Development Council 6,000 International Commission of Jurists 6,000 British Commonwealth Ex-Services League 5,000 United Nations Association 5,000 Anglo-Soviet Round Table 3,600 South African War Graves Board 3,100 Commonwealth Interchange Study Group 3,000 Royal Society 3,000 European Schools Day—UK Committee 2,725 College of Europe, Bruges 2,500 British Academy 2,000 Fairbridge Society 1,520 International Committee for Soviet and Eastern European Studies 1,000 European Schools Day—International Committee 1,000 Trilateral Commission 1,000 British-Australia Vocational Exchanges 750 European Atlantic Movement 600 International Institute of Human Rights 500 Commonwealth Council of the Royal Life Saving Society 500 British Boys Movement 367 Joint Commonwealth Societies' Council 250 In some cases the amount shown is an flat grant; in others it represents a ceiling within which the organistation receives reimbursement of certain actual expenses.
§ Mr. Wigginasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total cost of the United Kingdom contributions in 1976–77 to the Council of Europe, Western European Union and the North Atlantic Assembly, respectively; and what is the estimated cost for 1977–78
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§ Mr JuddThe total cost of the United Kingdom contributions in 1976–77 to the Council of Europe was £3,084,220; to Western European Union £540,561; and to the North Atlantic Assembly £81,145. On present budget estimates, the estimated cost of United Kingdom contributions in 1977–78 will be £3,291,754 to the Council of Europe; £569,498 to Western European Union and £102,625 to the North Atlantic Assembly.