Letter to the BBC World Service from the
Second Clerk of the Committee, 13 July 2004
SPENDING REVIEW
2004
The Committee noted with interest the Statement
in the House yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announcing
the outcome of the Spending Review 2004.
Given the Committee's current inquiry into the
FCO's Annual Report 2003-04 and the Acting Director's recent oral
evidence session, Members have requested that I write to seek
a note from you clarifying the impact of the Review's outcome
for the Service's activities. In this note, could you also set
out the predicted impact on the BBC World Service of a) the Chancellor's
announcements on civil service job losses; and b) the target of
£30 billion of asset sales by 2010 across Government.
Please could the Committee have your response
no later than Wednesday 21 July.
Geoffrey Farrar
Second Clerk of the Committee
13 July 2004
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