HC Deb 20 November 1996 vol 285 cc564-6W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid has been given to(a) Israel, (b) Egypt, (c) Jordan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Syria in each of the last five years. [4915]

Dr. Liam Fox

UK aid to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, the Lebanon and Syria has been provided on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis.

Bilateral expenditure
£ thousands
Total ODA programme Total gross public expenditure
Israel
1991–92 13 13
1992–93 8 8
1993–94 8 8
1994–95 7 7
1995–96 10 13
Egypt
1991–92 12,385 13,409
1992–93 7,606 8,833
1993–94 5,901 7,128
1994–95 4,884 6,123
1995–96 5,019 6,245
Jordan
1991–92 3,122 3,122
1992–93 4,251 7,307
1993–94 4,209 4,209
1994–95 5,231 8,902
1995–96 5,902 10,877
Lebanon
1991–92 182 182
1992–93 245 247
1993–94 264 316
1994–95 162 211
1995–96 219 219
Syria
1991–92 3 3
1992–93 16 16
1993–94 30 30
1994–95 0 49
1995–96 16 36

ODA Programme contains Financial Aid, Technical Cooperation, Aid and Trade Provision, Programme Aid, Emergency Aid, Non Project Technical Cooperation and ODA Debt Relief.

GPEX consists ODA Programme plus CDC Investments and Other Debt relief and Drugs.

Multilateral expenditure
£ millions
UK share of net oda disbursements
Israel
1990 0.1
1991 3.2
1992 0.7
1993 0
1994 2.1
Egypt
1990 5.1
1991 27.9
1992 7.8
1993 7.4
1994 17.5
Multilateral expenditure
£ millions
UK share of net oda disbursements
Jordan
1990 0.9
1991 18.9
1992 4
1993 4.7
1994 5.8
Lebanon
1990 3
1991 0.8
1992 1.1
1993 1.9
1994 2.1
Syria
1990 1.1
1991 0.2
1992 1
1993 0.5
1994 1.6

Source:

British Aid Statistics 1996 Edition OECD

Note:

1995–96 figures are provisional until publication of British Aid Statistics.

Multilateral aid consists UN, EC and other.

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