§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the reason for the projected reduction in the overseas aid budget between 1994–95 and 1995–96, as set out at table 23 of his annual report 1994, Cm. 2502.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe budget for the Overseas Development Administration's total external assistance programmes, including non-voted expenditure, is planned to rise from £2,191 million in 1994–95 to £2,245 million in 1995–96, as shown in table 23 of the report.
25WThe decline in voted expenditure between 1994–95 and 1995–96 reflects the rise in non-voted expenditure, the latter representing essentially the United Kingdom share of EC budgetary spending on aid for developing countries and assistance to central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.