§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the United Kingdom has given by way of(a) grants and (b) loans to Iraq during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveGovernment grants to Iraq over the past five years have been exclusively for training of Iraqi students. The DTI has disbursed:
£ 1987–88 60,000 1988–89 60,000 The three other principal schemes are: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarships and awards scheme, the British Council fellowship scheme and the Department of Education and Science—overseas research students award scheme, for which the figures are:
£ 1984–85 86,400 1985–86 51,200 1986–87 72,600 1987–88 73,800 1988–89 92,000 Under the United Kingdom-Iraq financial protocols, the Government have negotiated the following Export Credit Guarantee Department-backed credits during the past five years:
£ 1984 300 million 1987 175 million 1988 340 million