Aid and Trade Provision (Hansard, 29 April 1991)

§ Mr. Dover
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider increasing the level of aid and trade provision for the current 12 months.

§ Mrs. Chalker
No. Additional resources are not available within the aid programme for this purpose.

§ Mr. Dover
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the actual level of aid and trade provision for each of the past five years and the official forecast for the next two years in monetary terms and as a percentage of total aid.

§ Mrs. Chalker
As a percentage of the overseas aid budget, expenditure on aid and trade provision over the last five financial years was:

£ million

Aid and trade provision expenditure Expenditure as a percentage of aid budget

1986–87 81 6.3

1987–88 48 3.7

1988–89 59 4.0

1989–90 62 3.9

1990–91 ¹94 ¹5.8

¹ Provisional.

The aid and trade provision budget for 1991–92 is £97 million out of a total overseas aid budget of £1,720 million. The budget for 1992–93 will be set following the outcome of the annual public expenditure survey.

£ million
	Aid and trade provision expenditure	Expenditure as a percentage of aid budget
1986–87	81	6.3
1987–88	48	3.7
1988–89	59	4.0
1989–90	62	3.9
1990–91	¹94	¹5.8
¹ Provisional.