Arms Control Disarmament Research Unit (Hansard, 19 January 1998)

HC Deb 19 January 1998 vol 304 cc430-1W 431W

§ Mr. Livingstone
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the annual budget for his Department's Arms Control Disarmament Research Unit in the last two years. [22507]

§ Mr. Tony Lloyd
There is no specific budget for the two staff of the Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit. Their costs are included in the overall budget of the FCO's Non-Proliferation Department. For much of financial year 1996–97, there was an additional part-timer member of the Unit; the costs for that year totalled approximately £125,000. In financial year 1997–98, costs to date total approximately £80,000.