HC Deb 25 May 1978 vol 950 cc681-2W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will publish in the Official Report details of all aid projects in the current financial year to the front-line African States, stating the total cost in each case, whether they are grants or loans, if loans, when repayment is expected and what sanctions will be taken on failure to make repayment.

Mrs. Hart

, pursuant to her reply [Official Report, 24th May 1978], gave the following information:

BOTSWANA

Total Cost £
Expansion of Botswana Agricultural College 13,333
Animal Health Service Centres 46,164
Reorganisation of Extension Services 350,230
Improvements to Quarantine Camps 54,376
Evaluation of Farming Systems andAgricultural Implements Project 81,120
Integrated Farming Pilot Project 319,240
Mineral Exploration 9,210
Contract Borehole Drilling 92,759
Underground Water Evaluation 452,511
Kgari Sechele Secondary School 38,333
Molefi Secondary School 65,333
Seepapitso Secondary School 56,632
Prison Housing 35,237
First Offenders Prison 8,706
National Mapping 3,980
Integrated Land Use (Radio Learning Group) 104,867
Police Development 103,603
Expansion of Broadcasting Services 92,147
Central Medical Stores 1,009
Gaborone/Mahalapye Road (North/South Road) 597,859
Development of Broadhurst (Stage II) 97,198
National Development Bank (Brigades) 133,333
Improvements to Disease Control Facilities (Cordon Fences) 680,596
Improvements to Disease Control Facilities (Cordon Fences) 100,073
Gaborone Directional Growth Study 38,000
Land Boards Development 694,645
Small Village Water Supplies 794,515
Secondary Road Improvements 333,333
Serowe Prison Housing 198,067
National Development Bank 1,000,000
Primary Teacher Training Expansion Programme 1,568,000
Animal Health Service Centres 115,334
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 409,320
University of Botswana & Swaziland (Botswana Campus) 1,500,000
Central Agricultural Research Station 190,385
Total £10,379,448, of which 40 per cent. is on grant terms and 60 per cent. an interest-free loan repayable between 1983–2001.

MOZAMBIQUE

Total Cost £
Quelimane Power Station (including £90,000 technical co-operation) 1,840,000
Gaza and Cabo Delgado Roads (including £1,260,000 technical co-operation) 7,290,000
Capital support for British Imports 5,000,000
Total £14,130,000 of which £12,780,000 is an interest-free loan repayable between 1984–2002.

TANZANIA

Total Cost £
West Kilimanjaro Farms Land Transfer 920,000
West Kilimanjaro Emergency Equipment 100,000
West Kilimanjaro Main Re-equipment 990,000
Mtwara Rice Equipment 50,000
Dodoma Village Water Supplies 300,000
Shrimp Trawlers for TAFICO 170,000
Seasonal Grain Storage, Songea 530,000
Seasonal Grant Storage, Makamboko 520,000
Tabora Rural Development—Roads component 2,500,000
Total £6,080,000 all on grant terms.

ZAMBIA Total of £10,260,000 capital aid for British imports of which £9,260,000 is an interest-free loan repayable between 1984–2002.

No repayments are yet due, and the question of sanctions in respect of failure to repay does not arise.