HC Deb 23 March 2004 vol 419 cc748-9W
Mr. Ancram

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to public funds, including staff, is of the(a) Great Britain-China Centre, (b) British Association for Central and Eastern Europe and (c) Britain-Russia Centre in the current financial year; and when the cost of each will next be reviewed. [162733]

Mr. Straw

Budgets for 2003–04 are:

£
(a) Great Britain-China Centre 300,000
(b) British Association for Central and Eastern Europe 252.000
(c) British-Russia Centre 70,000

The next reviews are scheduled to take place in 2006. The budgets for 2004–05 will remain the same as this year.