§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what cash is distributed as tied aid; how much aid is untied; what other categories of aid exist; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere are three main categories of tying status for official development assistance reported to72W the development assistance committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: tied, partially tied and untied.
In 1992, £650 million of the United Kingdom's bilateral aid commitments to developing countries were tied, £500,000 were partially tied and £324 million were untied.