Defence written question – answered at on 4 April 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which public corporations his Department received a receipt from a dividend payment or equity withdrawal in financial years 1997–98 to 2003–04; what the value of each receipt was; and whether receipts were (a) appropriated in aid of his Department and (b) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund.
Dividends and equity withdrawals for public corporations for the years commencing 1999–2000 are shown below. For the purposes of the response, Trading Funds are regarded as public corporations for budgeting purposes by HM Treasury and are therefore included.
The required information in respect of years 1997–98 and 1998–99 is included in the Appropriation Accounts for the respective years. These accounts have been placed in the Library of House.
1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | |
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Dividend | |||||
Appropriations in Aid Trading Funds: | |||||
Defence Research and Evaluation Agency (DERA) | — | 25,000 | 5,000 | — | — |
The UK Hydrographic Office | — | 2,144 | 2,431 | 2,587 | 2,902 |
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) | — | — | — | 6,000 | 6,000 |
Surrendered to the Consolidated Fund Trading Funds: | |||||
DERA | 25,000 | — | — | — | — |
The UK Hydrographic Office | 1,794 | — | — | — | — |
Equity withdrawal (including loan repayments) | |||||
Appropriations-in-Aid Repayment of loans made to Trading Funds: | |||||
DERA | 7,586 | 7,586 | — | — | — |
The UK Hydrographic Office | 219 | 237 | 258 | 279 | 303 |
Met Office | 8,032 | 10,936 | — | — | — |
Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) | — | — | 7,115 | 2,115 | 7,240 |
DSTL | — | — | 2,128 | 2,128 | 2,128 |
Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) | — | — | — | 5,155 | 14,155 |
Surrendered to the Consolidated Fund Public Corporation: | |||||
QinetiQ—loan repayment | — | — | 50,000 | 49,900 | 4,214 |
QinetiQ—proceeds received on sale of equity | — | — | — | 39,427 | — |
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