Mr. Skeet askedthe Lord Privy Seal if he will list the amount of aid granted by the United Kingdom to African States for the last year for which figures are available and the percentage of the total tied to the purchase of United Kingdom capital plant and equipment.
§ Mr. Neil MartenGross United Kingdom aid to Africa in 1978 totalled £174.6 million of which £118.6 million was financial aid and the balance technical cooperation. Details of expenditure by country are shown in table 16 of " British Aid Statistics ", 1979 edition, a copy of which is in the Library. It is estimated that about 44 per cent. of the financial aid (i.e. excluding technical co-operation, which was almost wholly tied) was fully tied to the purchase of United Kingdom goods and services. A further 9 per cent. was limited to procurement in the United Kingdom or recipient countries.