§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of Britain's bilateral and multilateral overseas aid is currently committed on condition that recipient nations adhere to International Monetary Fund adjustment programmes.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe proportion of loans or credits in support of structural adjustment programmes provided by the international development institutions to which we contribute, such as the World Bank, is determined by the board of governors. Typically, the proportion is about 20 per cent.
Programme aid expenditure in the current financial year in support of adjustment programmes agreed with the International Monetary Fund/World Bank, as a proportion of bilateral country aid expenditure, is expected to be 20 per cent.
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April 1987—February 1988 Country Project Company Export Value ATP Element £ million £ million Belize Leyland Trucks British Leyland 0.463 0.117 Burma Jute Carpet Mills Mackies 0.040 0.040 Cameroon NW Electrification Project Balfour Beatty 5.428 1.362 Cameroon Douala Port Telecoms Placons Ltd 0.100 0.100 China Shandong Paper Mill Black Clawson International Ltd 1.667 0.502 China Cosco Ships British Shipbuilders 44.300 13.578 China Liaodong Bay Oil Training Global Engineering 1.000 0.080 China Shanxi Mining College HSDE 0.061 0.061 Cyprus Southern Conveyor SPP 3.467 0.870 Djibouti Transhipment Study Ocean Mackenzie 0.179 0.179 India India/UAE Submarine Cable STC 24.450 6.140
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) shotguns, (b) .22 rifles, (c) other rifles, (d) handguns and (e) other firearms are held on firearms certificates in Northern Ireland at the latest available date; and what were the numbers (i) five years and (ii) 10 years ago.
§ Mr. Stanley[holding answer 26 February 1988]: The information requested is as follows: