HC Deb 20 January 1995 vol 252 cc741-2W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the actual Foreign Office expenditures, not including overseas development expenditures, for each year from 1979 to 1994 expressed in 1993 prices.

Mr. Goodlad

The information, expressed in 1993–94 prices, is contained in the table.

All figures shown gross in £ million at 1993–
Years Foreign Office Expenditure
1978–79 960
1979–80 958
1980–81 907

All figures shown gross in £ million at 1993—94 prices
Years Foreign Office Expenditure
1981—82 956
1982—83 1,038
1983—84 1,106
1984—85 1,106
1985—86 976
1986—87 1,038
1987—88 1,042
1988—89 1,025
1989—90 1,090
1990—91 1,140
1991—92 1,245
1992—93 1,453
1993—94 1,500

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was(a) actual and (b) budgeted expenditure on Foreign Office overseas representation for each year from 1979 to 1994 expressed in 1993 prices.

Mr. Goodlad

The information, using figures for the overseas representation vote—votes 1, 2, 8 and part of 5 before 1985–86—expressed in 1993–94 prices, is contained in the table.

All figures shown gross in £ million at 1993—94 prices
Overseas Representation
Years Actual Budgeted
1978–79 640 653
1979–80 604 628
1980–81 610 655
1981–82 623 662
1982–83 643 660
1983–84 741 756
1984–85 771 778
1985–86 630 661
1986–87 623 652
1987–88 636 665
1988–89 615 632
1989–90 641 660
1990–91 653 665
1991–92 700 707
1992–93 764 781
1993–94 801 858