HC Deb 21 May 2002 vol 386 cc258-9W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a list of organisations external to the European Communities which receive Communities funding for information campaigns (budget lines under B3). [57893]

Peter Hain

Chapter B3 of the European Communities budget covers a wide range of activities including European Resource Centres, training for librarians, the SOCRATES programme, the Leonardo programme and promoting minority languages. Providing a full list of the several hundred organisations who receive funding for information initiatives could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter) of 19 March 2002,Official Report, column 196W, if he will list expenditure on his EU Information Campaign broken down by publication and project. [57888]

Peter Hain

The total cost to date of the EU information campaign for the financial year 2001–02 is £246,819.

Major EU information initiatives included:

£
FCO website, Europe Day website and other new media initiatives 52,203
Opinion polls 25,477
Grants 40,000
Regional visits, display materials, consultancy research and other initiative costs (transport, accommodation etc.) 82,833

The cost of each publication follows:

£
EU newsletter 5,377
Britain: a Champion of EU Enlargement booklet 8,758
Europe Day promotional flyers, posters and cards 5,057
"Heard about European Law?" booklet 2,244
"What has the EU ever done for us?" leaflet 450
"The EU: What's in it for you?" leaflet 880
The Stockholm European Council leaflet 1,458
"The European Treaties in under 300 words" leaflet 2,465
Information posters and flyers regarding the introduction of euro notes and coins 16,425
"The EU: Fighting Crime and Promoting Justice" leaflet 1,068
The Treaty of Nice leaflet 2,124