§ Sir Alastair GoodladTo 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. FoulkesExpenditure 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.