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Local Government Finance
Mr. Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer is received by (a) Salford, (b) Wigan and (c) Westminster.
Mr. Key [holding answer 5 March 1991]: Government grants in 1990-91 consist of revenue support grant, special grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant. Government grants per head of relevant population in 1990-91 are £565 in Salford, £306 in Wigan and £980 in Westminster.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
COMED
COCOM
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals were put by the United Kingdom delegation to the most recent COCOM meeting; and what decisions were agreed at the meeting.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: The main United Kingdom objective for the COCOM meeting held at executive committee level on 27 to 28 February was to achieve as much progress as possible in the exercise to reform the COCOM controls by drawing up a new "core list" of industrial dual-use equipment and technologies.
Much progress was made. Agreement was reached on new control parameters in most sectors. Work continues to solve remaining issues so that the next COCOM high-level meeting can establish the core list.
The executive committee meeting also agreed to extend to Poland the provisions of a procedure under which greater access to dual-use items is allowed on the basis of safeguards against diversion. Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic have already had the procedure extended to them.
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The Gulf
HKD
Sir Richard Luce: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Hong Kong Government have agreed to make a contribution to Her Majesty's Government for the purpose of general work in the Gulf following the liberation of Kuwait; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: The Hong Kong Government announced on 8 February 1991 a contribution to the United Kingdom of approximately £15 million towards the cost of the Gulf operation. We very much appreciate this generous gesture.
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News Department NEWS
Mr. Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the number of staff working in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's news department and the expenditure on that department for each year since 1983.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd: Staffing levels, including administra- tion, clerical and secretarial support, in, and expenditure
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Running costs
Year
Staff
£ million
1983-84
26
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1984-85
26
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1985-86
26.5
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1986-87
25.5
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1987-88
19
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1988-89
18
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1989-90
18
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1990-91
18
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Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussion he has had with the Secretary General of the United Nations on the ongoing occupation by the Turkish army of northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Garel-Jones: We maintain regular high-level contacts with the UN Secretary-General and all parties involved in the intercommunal dispute and actively support the Secretary-General's efforts to promote a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement.
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Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made in respect of Mikhail Lidsky of Kiev who has been unsuccessfully applying to leave the Soviet Union.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: We can certainly raise Mr. Lidsky's case with the Soviet authorities but to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.
Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made in respect of Iosef Meerson who has been unsuccessfully applying to leave the Soviet Union.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: We can certainly raise Mr. Meerson's case with the Soviet authorities, but to make our representations most effective we shall need further details.
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Mr. Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's expenditure on (a) advertising and (b) press and public relations for each year from 1979.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd: Total expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on advertising from 1979-80 to 1989-90 and estimates for 1990-91 are:
FCO (Dip Wing)
FCO
(ODA Wing)
1979-80
110,226
214,739
1980-81
116,532
145,697
1981-82
162,988
207,964
1982-83
229,711
135,506
1983-84
205,247
252,691
1984-85
149,932
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