§ Mr. WellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of expenditure of funds saved by United Kingdom withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation and figures of how these funds were used in the main area of United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation activity for the financial years 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90; and if he will ensure that the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation's savings will continue to be spent in the same manner until Her Majesty's Government decide to return to membership of the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation.
§ Mrs. ChalkerFigures for expenditure of funds saved by United Kingdom's withdrawal from UNESCO for 1987–88 and 1988–89 are:
1987–88 £ 1988–89 £ Overseas Development Administration (ODA) technical co-operation training programme 1,772,848 1,773,033 English language training courses 600,300 593,920 ODA shared scholarship schemes 320,000 320,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) scholarships and awards schemes 640,000 640,000 ODA cultural projects 100,000 92,000 Public expenditure survey transfer to FCO for cultural projects 100,000 100,000 Chinese student scholarships in the United Kingdom 950,000 950,000 Distance learning project in Commonwealth countries 100,000 Nassau fellowships 650,131 743,368 Commonwealth media development fund 150,000 150,000 Royal Society 112,000 116,000 Research in arid Commonwealth Africa 300,000 300,000 Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission 80,864 78,000 Man and the Biosphere/International Hydrological Programme/International Association of Hydrological Sciences 200,000 200,000 Dissemination of results of research 200,000 200,000 Total 6,276,143 6,256,321 Figures for 1989–90 are not yet available.
My hon. Friend may rest assured that in planning our aid programme priorities we will continue to take full account of the appropriate allocation of the funds saved by our withdrawal from UNESCO.