§ Mr. Leightonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate in the Official Report information showing (a) the amount spent by the EEC Commission and the EEC Assembly, respectively, on representation, information and publicity, including all overhead costs, in each of the past three years and the amount set aside for this year, (b) how much in each case is attributable to activities in or directed towards the United Kingdom offices of each organisation under the subheads as returned to the Commissioner's auditors.
§ Mr. LawsonThe total provision for publications and information expenditure by the Commission for 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 is:
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1977 (payments) 1978 (payments) 1979 (appropriations) 1980 (appropriations) MEUA 15.853 23.46l 21.552 24.222 £ million* 6.605 15.576 13.932 13.603 The total provision for expenditure on publications and information by the European Parliament is:
1977 (payments) 1978 (payments) 1979 (appropriations) 1980 (appropriations) MEUA 2.790 7.347 4.277 5.405 £ million* 1.163 4.878 2.765 3.035 * The rates of exchange used are (a) 1977—£1=2.4 UA. The EUA was not used in the Community Budget until 1 January 1978. (b) 1978—£1=1.5060 EUA. (c) 1979—£1=1.5470 EUA. (d) 1980—£1=1.7806. The costs of staff salaries and overheads related to publication and information activities are not separately identifiable.
The administration of these funds is the responsibility of the Commission and the European Parliament respectively, and the answer to the remainder of the hon. Member's question is not known to Her Majesty's Government.