HL Deb 16 January 1995 vol 560 cc31-2WA
Lord Redesdale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they can list all ATP projects over £5 million since 1992, and those ATP projects which have been deemed unacceptable by the Overseas Development Administration's Projects and Evaluation Committee, including each project's value.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Since 1992 agreements have been concluded on the following ATP projects with an ATP value of over £5 million.

Country Project ATP value £million
China Urumqi PTA (Petro-chemical plant) 33.745
China Fushun Heat and Power 11.694
China Urumqi PX (Petro-chemical plant) 13.045
Philippines Navigational Aids 6.435
Turkey Ankara Metro 22.250
Morocco Tetouan Gas Turbines 10.925

All the above projects were approved before the requirement for consideration by ODA's Projects and Evaluation Committee (PEC) was introduced in June 1993 for projects with an ATP grant of £5 million and above. Since that date the PEC has considered five ATP projects, none of which it deemed unacceptable. None of the projects recommended for approval by the PEC has, however, yet reached the stage of formal agreement with the recipient government.