HC Deb 31 March 1998 vol 309 c456W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the amount her Department will spend in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99 through the Know How Fund; and which countries will receive such funding. [36846]

Mr. Foulkes

Expenditure through the Know How Fund in 1997–98 is estimated to be £90 million.

In 1998–99 expenditure is expected to be in the region of £80 million.

The Know How Fund provides support to the following countries:

  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Estonia
  • Bulgaria
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovak Republic
  • Albania
  • Macedonia
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
  • Bosnia
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Belarus
  • Georgia
  • Armenia
  • Ukraine
  • Russian Federation
  • Azerbaijan
  • Moldova
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Tajikstan
  • Kyrgyzstan.