HC Deb 11 May 1976 vol 911 cc152-5W
Mr. Edge

asked the Minister for Overseas Development what is the current annual level of aid to Indonesia from Great Britain; and what percentage it represents of all the aid received by Indonesia.

Mr. Prentice

The table below shows net disbursements of United Kingdom official development assistance—ODA— to Indonesia for 1972–75, as a percentage

Annual average
1972 1973 1974 1975 (1972–74)
United Kingdom bilateral ODA (£m.) 6.8 8.0 6.7 5.9 7.1
As percentage of total ODA (including multi-lateral)* Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
3.3 3.1 2.4 Not yet available 2.9
* Includes a small amount of aid from OPEC countries. Comparable figures for Centrally Planned Economy countries are not available.

Mr. Newens

asked the Minister for Overseas Development if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of all United Kingdom aid to Indonesia since the establishment of the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia in 1966, listing in particular project and programme aid and technical assistance.

£ million
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Project Aid 0.178 0.428
(of which Commonwealth Development Corporation Investment)
Non-Project Aid
Current Imports 0.687 1.041 2.055 2.070
Food Aid
Technical Assistance 0.004 0.003 0.057 0.082 0.161
Total Gross Bilateral Aid 0.004 0.690 1.098 2.315 2.659

1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Project Aid 1.901 2.309 3.401 5.604 4.796
(of which Commonwealth Development Corporation Investment) (1.211) (2.420) (0.803)
Non-Project Aid
Current Imports 2.229 3.860 4.113 2.472 0.179
Food Aid 1.295 0.389
Technical Assistance 0.410 0.602 0.634 0.790 1.413
Total Gross Bilateral Aid 5.835 6.771 8.148 8.866 6.777

Mr. Newens

asked the Minister for Overseas Development what assistance further than the £10 million in aid promised at the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia meeting last year is to be provided to Indonesia in the future by the United Kingdom.

Mr. Prentice

The future level of British aid to Indonesia is at the moment under consideration. An announcement will be made at the appropriate time.

Mr. Newens

asked the Minister for Overseas Development if assurances have been obtained from the Indonesian Government that the £750,000 promised in aid for the South Sumatran resettlement

of total official development assistance to Indonesia:

Mr. Prentice

The table below gives figures for gross bilateral disbursements of United Kingdom aid to Indonesia for the calendar years 1966 to 1975, broken down into project aid, non-project aid and technical assistance.

scheme will not be used to provide accommodation for political prisoners: and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Prentice

No. The question of obtaining assurances has not arisen, because the British Government aid promised to this project will take the form of technical assistance, costing up to £826,000, and will thus not be used to provide accommodation. The British and Indonesian Governments have agreed that a reconnaissance survey and a feasibility study should be undertaken jointly by the Land Resources Division of the Ministry of Overseas Development and the Indonesian Directorate-General of Transmigration. That work will be part of an important transmigration programme, to which other aid donors both multilateral and bilateral are also contributing. The programme is intended to help to increase employment opportunities, to foster a viable pattern of rural development, and to enhance national, economic and social integration.