§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the total amount spent by the Government to date on know-how projects.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydExpenditure under the fund is as follows:
£1,000 1989–90 2,117 1990–91 13,668 1991–92 49,364 Total spending for 1992–93 will not be available until later this year.
§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants in each standard planning region have been seconded to work on know-how projects.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNine civil servants from south-east region, four from north-west region and one from east midlands region have been seconded to work on know-how projects.
§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many know-how projects have been supported to date; if he will list these with the names of the agencies or companies responsible for undertaking them; and in each case what proportion of the total cost was met by Government.
Mr. Lennon-BoydThe know-how fund has supported more than 650 projects to date. A list of our activities by country, cost, purpose and project status is available from the libraries of the House. To break this down further to include details on each agency or company participating in the projects and what proportion of the total cost was met by the Government would involve disproportionate staff costs.