§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the fees his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies collect; how much has been raised or it is anticipated will be raised from each of these fees from 1989–90 to 2004–05; and which of these fees count as negative expenditure. [105997]
§ Mr. KilfoyleUnlike certain other departments the Ministry of Defence, its agencies and associated public bodies do not raise fees under legislative authority at present. Charges are, however, raised for a number of activities which are carried out on a discretionary basis, and figures are provided in the table for those from which
Fees raised by MOD £ million Activity 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Foreign and Commonwealth Training 44.500 47.300 58.877 34.135 39.522 31.166 40.313 34.353 14.211 15.310 15.833 16.754 Loan Service Personnel 38.825 30.898 29.017 25.867 21.794 22.207 29.870 27.388 26.128 19.875 21.525 22.613 Meteorological Office 34.952 40.000 38.500 44.500 43.300 44.000 44.700 46.300 52.257 47.809 46.714 4— Government Pipeline and Storage System 21.449 24.853 29.529 25.753 24.126 21.870 20.087 22.225 23.271 16.944 17.695 16.315 Hydrographic Office 13.670 15.960 19.458 21.700 19.800 21.300 25.600 30.200 3— 34.000 4— 4— DESO Support to Industry 5.200 7.800 2.800 1.500 2.600 0.800 2.700 0.800 3.300 1.700 1.700 1.700 Service Children's Education 3.930 4.207 4.200 3.589 4.318 4.065 3.107 2.105 2.195 1.582 1.574 4— Empire Test Pilot School 2.114 1.460 3.575 2.658 2.995 3.460 5.594 3.980 2.810 4.560 2.780 6.210 Royal College of Defence Studies 0.441 0.707 0.734 0.800 0.803 0.941 1.041 1.146 1.342 1.352 1.321 1.483 Joint Service Command and Staff College1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.497 1.543 1.815 1.871 HQ UKSC(G)—Training Facilities2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.656 4— 4— HQ UKSC(G)—Pay Bureau Facilities2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 6.931 4— 4— 1 The Joint Service and Staff College came into existence in September 1997, before this costs for the single Service staff colleges were included within the return for Foreign and Commonwealth Training. 2 This activity did not reach the threshold for reporting until 1998–99. 3 For technical reasons no figure was reported for 1997–98. 4 Forward estimates are not available for all activities.