§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what(a) bilateral and(b) multilateral development aid his Department has provided to Kampuchea since 1979.
§ Mr. Chris PattenBritish bilateral aid to Cambodia for 1979–85 was as follows:
£'000s 1979 703 1980 480 1981 110 1982 18 1983 693 1984 18 1985 18 We make contributions to a number of multilateral aid agencies, such as UNICEF and the world food programme, which have given aid to Cambodia. Figures for multilateral aid are available in an OECD Statistical publication "Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows for Developing Countries" a copy of which is available in the Library.
Since 1979 Britain has provided, largely through international organisations, over £13 million to the international relief effort for refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border.