HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 c38W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the total funds expended by the British Council in each of the past five years in(a) southern Greek Cyprus and (b) northern Turkish Cyprus.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

British Council expenditure since 1987–88 is as follows:

Northern Cyprus Southern Cyprus
£ £
1 1987–88 63,279 78,635
1988–89 193,184 212,059
1989–90 179,912 218,464
1990–91 272,653 294,468
1991–92 236,675 366,278
1 Statistics for technical co-operation training programme not available before 1988–89.