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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/foreign-office-in-1m-spend-storm.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Sir Andrew Cahn reportedly said the Foreign Office wanted 'to get money out of the door'" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-foreign-office-in-1m-spend-storm.jpg" alt="Sir Andrew Cahn reportedly said the Foreign Office wanted 'to get money out of the door'"/></a></p>
<p>The head of the government department responsible for promoting British business abroad asked officials to think of ways to spend up to £1 million to avoid a budget underspend, it was reported.</p>
<p>Sir Andrew Cahn, until this week head of UK Trade &#038; Investment, said in an email to senior colleagues that the Foreign Office was &#8220;heading for an underspend and wants to get money out of the door&#8221;, the Daily Mail reported.</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;If we can spend money in this financial year on a one-off basis, then we can have at least £1 million. Can you think what we might do with such money?&#8221;</p>
<p>One suggestion was to offer &#8220;business development visits&#8221; to the UK by staff based abroad.</p>
<p>The newspaper said the email exchanges took place in November following the coalition&#8217;s Comprehensive Spending Review, setting out cuts across the board to reduce the Government&#8217;s budget deficit.</p>
<p>Shadow foreign secretary Yvette Cooper told the newspaper that &#8220;William Hague&#8217;s financial planning seems to be in chaos&#8221;.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;The Foreign Secretary has cut spending on long-standing programmes dealing with the fight against international drugs and crime, at the same time as his department is rushing to &#8216;get money out the door&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;At a time when jobs and livelihoods in Britain are being put at risk by government cuts, the Foreign Office needs to show it has a proper grip on its priorities and financial plans.&#8221;</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for UKTI said: &#8220;The Government does not comment on leaked documents. Government spend is subject to rigorous value for money checks to ensure appropriate return for taxpayer funding.</p>
<p>&#8220;All of UKTI&#8217;s services are subject to independent assessment. For every £1 of taxpayers&#8217; money spent, our customers tell us that this generates £19 of additional profit for their businesses. UKTI has not drawn any additional resource from the FCO this financial year.&#8221;</p>
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