Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 16 October 2009.
John Mann
Labour, Bassetlaw
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the net cost to the Exchequer of each UK overseas territory.
Chris Bryant
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe)
The following Government Departments meet the costs of, and provide the majority of the assistance to, the Overseas Territories: the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department for International Development (DFID), the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the Department for Transport (DFT) and the Department for Environment Food and Agriculture (DEFRA).
The UK is responsible for 14 Overseas Territories. The following figures cover staff and administration costs in support of defence, sustainable development, safety and security, good governance and the environment.
| Department | Cost (£ million) (2008-09) |
| FCO | |
| Overseas Territories Directorate-Home costs | 2.5 |
| Overseas Territories Directorate-Overseas costs (including capital costs) | 3.1 |
| Overseas Territories Directorate-Programme allocation (Overseas Territories Programme Fund) | 6.5 |
| Gibraltar-Home costs | 0.3 |
| Gibraltar-Overseas costs | 1.1 |
| DFID | |
| Administration costs (home and overseas) | 2.1 |
| Assistance to Pitcairn, Montserrat, St. Helena, Ascension,Tristan da Cunha, TCI and cross-territory projects | 55.87 |
| MOD | |
| British Forces in Falklands and Ascension | 78.51 |
| Gibraltar | 55.60 |
| British Indian Overseas Territories | 2.3 |
| DFT | |
| Programme and running costs for aviation and maritime safety and air accident investigations | 3.1 |
| DEFRA | |
| Costs to Kew and Joint Nature Conservation Committee | 0.5 |
| British Antarctic Survey (BAS) costs | 4.0 |
| Darwin Projects | 0.04 |
| Total | 215.52 |
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