Commonwealth Secretariat

HC Deb 17 July 1986 vol 101 c605W

Sir John Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much in money and percentage terms of the cost of the Commonwealth Secretariat is contributed by the United Kingdom.

Mr. Eggar

Since the establishment of the Commonwealth Secretariat in 1965, the United Kingdom has paid 30 per cent. of the secretariat's budget. In 1985–86 this amounted to £1.7 million.