HL Deb 02 May 2001 vol 625 cc93-4WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What amount of aid grants and low interest loans have been provided to the Palestinian Authority by (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Union, since the Oslo Agreements of 1993; and whether they can estimate the contributions to Palestine of the World Bank and British non-governmental organisations during the same period.[HL1750]

Baroness Amos

The figures are in the tables below. The World Bank contributions come not from regular IBRD or IDA funds but from its own resources and the figures are for bank fiscal years from 1 July to 30 June. We do not have figures for British non- governmental organisations.

£ million
Year United Kingdom EC
1993 1.72 37.64
1994 6.28 58.23
1995 4.28 47.78
1996 3.47 84.61
1997 6.20 71.53
1998 5.34 49.19
1999 6.60 8.99

Year World Bank
1995–96 6.8
1996–97 12.8
1997–98 18.7
1998–99 30.2
1999–2000 16.7
2000–01 23