§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the financial aid from her Department and its predecessor in each of the past 10 years to Southern Africa for(a) education and (b) health projects. [73912]
§ Clare ShortThe Department for International Development (DFID) does not provide financial aid in the form of budgetary support to governments in Southern Africa. Our partnerships in this region fund technical co-operation to build local capacity and make effective use of national resources.
DFID's contribution to education and health over the last ten years in Southern Africa is as follows: 751W
Education sector expenditure £000 Botswana Lesotho Namibia South Africa Swaziland Total 1987–88 1,420 345 285 130 593 2,772 1988–89 1,578 654 387 292 462 3,373 1989–90 1,732 669 346 2,530 488 5,765 1990–91 1,713 939 679 3,769 582 7,681 1991–92 1,982 1,219 1,197 4,269 663 9,330 1992–93 2,203 1,112 1,433 6,466 589 11,803 1993–94 1,933 785 1,141 5,557 416 9,832 1994–95 1,183 616 1,838 5,103 362 9,101 1995–96 707 715 1,553 4,231 183 7,390 1996–97 830 978 1,514 1,850 228 5,399 1997–98 1645 1560 11,675 14,872 1300 18,052
Health and population sector expenditure £000 Botswana Lesotho Namibia South Africa Swaziland Total 1987–88 90 53 0 0 55 198 1988–89 195 73 0 467 71 806 1989–90 290 303 88 1,033 143 1,857 1990–91 380 553 585 1,452 167 3,137 1991–92 224 323 242 630 207 1,625 1992–93 182 230 409 1,229 200 2,250 1993–94 50 114 511 1,263 122 2,060 1994–95 -6 6 338 2,297 41 2,677 1995–96 -5 16 254 1,482 19 1,766 1996–97 0 26 728 4,043 78 4,875 1997–98 11 1261 1536 13,712 12 14,512 1Provisional