HC Deb 02 February 1995 vol 253 cc770-1W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the European Community attribution of overseas aid by recipient country in 1993–94.

Mr. Baldry

Country by country figures for EC aid spending in 1993–94 are not readily available.

For the calendar year 1993, total payments on aid from EC budget, as set out in the draft EC general budget for 1995, were:

mecu
Food aid and humanitarian aid 774.7
Asia and Latin America 354.0
Mediterranean 351.5
Eastern and central europe 719.5
Other co-operation measures (includes co-operation with NGOs and aid to South Africa) 338.3
Total 2,538.0

The cost to the United Kingdom of this expenditure was as shown in the table, based on an average exchange rate for 1993 of £1 = ecu 1.2829, and a United Kingdom share of the EC budget for 1993 of 16.52 per cent.

£ million
Food aid and humanitarian aid 99.8
Asia and Latin America 45.6

£ million
Mediterranean 45.3
Eastern and central europe 92.7
Other co-operation measures 43.6
Total 327.0