§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what part of the bilateral aid budget will be allocated to each of(a) Africa, (b) Asia, South, (c) Asia, south-east, (d) Latin America/Caribbean/Atlantic and (e) central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for each of the financial years 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydCurrent planning figures for bilateral country programmes are as follows. Figures for 1997–98 are not available as these are beyond the current public expenditure survey period.
£ million 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Africa 344 315 284 Asia/Pacific 248 227 217 Eastern Europe/FSU 78 79 75 Western Hemisphere 88 79 72 These planning figures include an allowance, additional to the overall figure agreed in the public expenditure survey, to compensate for expected slippage of expenditure. For this reason, and because of the many detailed changes that take place over a period at country level in the rate of spending, actual spending will vary from the figures shown.