HC Deb 22 February 1995 vol 255 c210W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which will(a) follow the pay arrangements of the sponsoring Department and (b) pursue an independent and separate route under the delegated pay option (i) from April 1995 and (ii) from April 1996.

Mr. Goodlad

The British Council is developing proposals for separate pay arrangements from April 1996.

We expect the following NDPBs to follow the FCO's pay arrangements in April 1996:

  • The Britain-Russia Centre
  • The Great Britain-China Centre
  • The British Association for Central and Eastern Europe
  • The Foreign Compensation Commission

The Marshall Commission and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission are supported by a secretariat provided by the Association of Commonwealth Universities to which the FCO pays a management fee. The staff of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy are retained on short-term contracts. We see no reason to change these arrangements.

It would be premature to comment on pay arrangements for the Commonwealth Institute before its business plan is submitted in July 1995.

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