§ Mr. CohenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the expenditure by his Department on preparations for the implementation of the chemical weapons convention by Her Majesty's Government in(a) the current financial year and (b) the financial year 1995–96; and from which subheads of which votes this expenditure is taken. [18117]
§ Mr. HeseltineThe provisional outturn of expenditure in 1994–95 by my Department in preparation for implementation of the chemical weapons convention is 11W £247,000. All such expenditure falls within class IV vote 1, subhead C1 of the estimates. For the current financial year, it is estimated that the corresponding expenditure could be up to £600,000 and will fall within class IV vote 1, subhead I1 of the estimates.