HC Deb 08 November 1999 vol 337 cc426-7W
Mr. Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to what projects and in what proportions the United Kingdom's overseas aid to Belize was allocated in each of the years 1990 to 1997. [96178]

Clare Short

The requested information is shown:

Year UK assistance to Belize (£000) Percentage of total UK bilateral assistance
1990–91 6,016 0.508
1991–92 3,674 0.312
1992–93 4,498 0.332
1993–94 6,233 0.473

Year UK assistance to Belize (£000) Percentage of total UK bilateral assistance
1994–95 116,886 1.223
1995–96 6,335 0.446
1996–97 7,666 0.595
1997–98 2,383 0.176
1 This figure reflects a large CDC investment of £11,487,000—the bulk of which went on hydro-electric power

Note:

This expenditure was predominantly in the following sectors: Agriculture and Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, Roads, Energy, Public Administration and Education.