§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the actual and planned grant-in-aid to the(a) BBC World Service and (b) British Council for each of the years 1990–91 to 2005–06, expressed in constant prices. [72769]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe table lists actual grant in aid outturns for the BBC World Service and the British Council from 1990–91 to 2001–02 and plans for 2002–03 to 2005–06. All figures are stated in real terms at current prices (2002–03). Plans are on a full resource budgeting basis, net of depreciation. From 1997–98 the BBC World Service grant in aid has included c. £4 million in respect of overseas relay station costs transferred from the FCO and from 1998–99 it has included c. £4 million to £5 million in respect of the World Service's subscription to BBC Monitoring.
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£ million real terms (2002–03 prices) BBC World Service British Council 1990–91 192 109 1991–92 186 119 1992–93 189 118 1993–94 196 121 1994–95 194 121 1995–96 196 123 1996–97 181 119 1997–98 177 108 1998–99 178 139 1999–2000 182 144 2000–01 191 145 2001–02 193 149 2002–03 201 157 2003–04 215 166 2004–05 214 167 2005–06 222 172