§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 8 May,Official Report, columns 15–16, if he will break down 291W the figures of United Kingdom bilateral aid to Malaysia for the years 1985 to 1988, including details of individual projects funded, amounts and dates of contracts and negotiations.
Gross Bilateral Aid 1985–88 £ thousands 1985 1986 1987 1988 (a) Total Aid 7,454 55,494 9,779 10,057 (b) Total Financial Aid 4,892 53,396 7,106 3,736 (i) Aid and Trade Provision 1,660 50,128 5,801 1,944 (ii) Commonwealth Development Corporation Project Aid 3,232 3,268 1,305 1,792 (c) Technical Co-operation 2,562 2,098 2,673 6,321
Project Allocation (to 31 December 1988) Expenditure 1985 Expenditure 1986 Expenditure 1987 Expenditure 1988 The breakdown of expenditure under the Aid and Trade provision by project for the same period was: 1984 Sungei Ahning dam 2,349 1,660 314 375 — 1986 Cross-braced bogies 1,205 — 1,205 — — 1986 Rural water schemes 59,461 — 48,610 5,426 1,944 Commonwealth Development Corporation expenditure by project was as follows: Palong cocoa 99 99 — — — Cold rolling mill complex 2,500 2,032 468 — — Aluminium industries 1,026 1,026 — — — Darabif cattle ranch 75 75 — — — Palong cocoa 600 — — 500 100 Sarawak oil palms 305 — — 305 — Ladang Baturong oil palm estate 1,500 — 1,300 — — Beef cattle ranch and pastures 2,000 — 1,500 500 — Sabah tea plantation rehabilitation and development 975 — — — 975 Desa tea Estate 717 — — — 717 Technical co-operation expenditure by type of activity was as follows: Personnel overseas — 345 332 359 364 Students and trainees — 1,031 814 887 1,531 Consultancies — 351 20 64 33 Equipment and supplies — 130 (-86) 29 36 Pensions — 691 1,002 911 2,752 The personnel covered sectors such as geological surveys, demography, industrial development and English language teaching. The main fields covered by training were artificial limbs technology, road engineering, business management, foreign investment, demography and English language teaching.