§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much(a) financial aid and (b) aid in kind his Department has delivered to (i) Africa, (ii) Central Africa, (iii) Uganda, (iv) Rwanda, (v) Burundi and (vi) the Democratic Republic of Congo in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [173812]
§ Hilary BennThe amount of bilateral development assistance DFID has given to Africa and the other specified region/countries is given in the following table. Financial aid (excluding the Aid and Trade Provision) comprises all expenditure in columns 1 and 2, and Aid in Kind forms part of the expenditure in column 5.
1121W
£000 1 Project or
Sector Aid
2 Programme
Aid
3 Technical
Cooperation
4 Aid and Trade
Provision
5 Grants Other
Aid in Kind
6 Humanitarian
Assistance
7 DFID Debt
Relief
8 Total DFID
Programme
2000–01 17 — 1,896 — 832 10,203 — 12,946 2001–02 16 — 1,792 — 272 11,085 — 13,166 2002–03 16 — 4,091 — 1,295 25,161 — 30,562 (ii) Uganda 1997–98 9,813 19,145 12,333 — 5,993 657 — 47,941 1996–99 17,785 17,000 11,928 — 5,500 360 — 52,574 1999–2000 41,467 16,000 17,287 — 5,910 543 — 81,206 2000–01 17,826 45,000 15,748 — 7,320 447 — 66,342 2001–02 13,974 35,000 14,611 — 4,563 328 — 68,476 2002–03 13,846 17,500 15,580 — 5,409 2,533 — 54,868 (iv) Rwanda 1997–98 — — 335 — 1,843 4,019 — 6,198 1996–99 — 10,000 1,282 — 1,281 1,005 — 13,568 1999–2000 — 10,000 2,341 — 784 1,170 — 14,294 2000–01 1,052 25,400 5,419 — 837 — — 32,708 2001–02 1,488 18,586 6,212 — 741 — — 27,027 2002–03 2,348 22,032 6,542 — 1,423 — — 32,344 (v) Burundi 1997–98 — — 3 — 18 1,580 — 1,602 1996–99 — — — — 26 298 — 324 1999–2000 — — — — 203 709 — 912 2000–01 — — — — 43 1,504 — 1,547 2001–02 — — — — 64 540 — 604 2002–03 — — 65 — 814 1,055 — 1,934 (vi) Congo (Dm Rep) 1997–98 — — 48 — 6,056 807 — 6,911 1996–99 — — 63 — 118 370 — 552 1999–2000 — — 49 — 15 1,257 1,322 2000–01 — — 23 — 38 3,036 — 3,096 2001–02 — — 188 — 63 5,307 — 5,558 2002–03 — — 1,138 — 83 11,650 — 12,871 Note:
Comprises expenditure for Angola, Burundi, DRC, Entrea and Somalia,
The Government's total aid budget has doubled since 1997–98—from £2 billion to £4 billion. As the table shows, assistance to Africa has more than doubled. In the current (2004–05) financial year my Department's bilateral programme in Africa stands at £864 million and in 2005–06 we plan to spend £1.1 billion. These figures demonstrate our real and growing commitment to Africa. But it is not only the quantity of assistance that matters; quality too is vital. In order to improve the quality of aid and hence its impact we are working increasingly closely with other donors to reduce the number of individual and uncoordinated initiatives, and to ensure we use our aid to strengthen—not undermine—national planning and implementation capacity.