Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 105 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC17, what the reasons are for the £1.397m expenditure listed under other subscriptions.

Individual subscriptions are disclosed in the Annual Report and Accounts if they amount to over £1m. The £1.397 million expenditure listed under other subscriptions on page 105 includes payments to the Commonwealth Foundation (~£726.5k), the Institute for Security Studies (~£533k), the International Bureau of Expositions (~£20.5k) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (~£117.7k).