§ Mr. LawsTo 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. BoatengThe 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