HC Deb 27 January 2003 vol 398 c617W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of his Department's spending on the(a) Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, (b) British American Parliamentary Group, (c) Inter-Parliamentary Group and (d) British-Irish Parliamentary Body in each year from 1997–98; and if he will make a statement. [93451]

Mr. Boateng

The annual amounts of grant-in-daid paid to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), the British American Parliamentary Group (BAPG), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the British-Irish Parliamentary Body are set out in the table.

£
CPA BAPG IPU BMP
1997–98 88,750 70,170 843,899 149,601
1998–99 888,750 82,124 785,000 149,000
1999–2000 868,300 73,350 785,000 201,700
2000–01 2,498,683 84,600 853,000 218,000
2001–02 93,750 85,420 0 95,000
2002–031 362,710 96,250 294,000 0
1 Forecast