§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what amount of the United Kingdom's bilateral aid spending is focused on basic needs provision; and if he will set out separately figures for spending on health, primary education and clean water provision(a) in cash prices and (b) as a percentage of the United Kingdom's total bilateral aid spending.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydIt is estimated that a minimum of £111 million of the United Kingdom's bilateral aid was focused on basic needs provision in 1992–93. Some £13 million of this was provided as block grants to non-governmental organisations and £8 million was provided as a grant to the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
The sectoral figures shown in the table are included within the £111 millon: