§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which five recipient countries have received the largest(a) increase and (b) decrease in United Kingdom bilateral aid since 1992. [8871]
§ Mr. HanleyStatistics on aid expenditure usually relate to financial years, and in this case cover the changes between 1992–93 and 1994–95, the latest year for which information is available. The table gives the requested information for expenditure on the ODA aid programme, excluding the Commonwealth Development Corporation and expenditure from other Government Departments.
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The countries receiving the largest increases and decreases in bilateral ODA aid programme expenditure from 1992–93 to 1994–95 Recipient country Change (£ million) 1994–95 cf 1992–93 Increases Rwanda +45.0 Russia +20.8 Malawi +20.3 Pakistan +8.9 States of ex-Yugoslavia +8.5 Decreases Malaysia1 -16.7 Ghana -15.2 Somalia -13.7 India -12.1 Zimbabwe -11.8 1Expenditure on Pergau is included for 1992–93 but not for 1994–95. If expenditure on Pergau were excluded from the 1992–93 figures, Malaysia would no longer appear in the table. Bangladesh would then feature with a decrease of -£10.6 million.