HC Deb 23 April 2001 vol 367 c124W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure for each of the past 10 years on the British Indian Ocean Territories. [158654]

Mr. Battle

We do not yet have the figures for the financial year 2000–01. The approximate figures for(a) Capital and (b) Recurrent expenditure for the previous six financial years are as follows. For the years prior to that the information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

£
Financial Year (a) (b)
1999–2000 42,000 1,850,000
1998–99 0 1,325,000
1997–98 33,000 1,530,000
1996–97 22,000 1,225,000
1995–96 49,000 1,391,000
1994–95 49,000 825,000