HC Deb 14 July 1978 vol 953 cc830-1W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what firm aid commitments her Department has entered into since 1st January 1978.

Mrs. Hart

Our aid commitments, many of which relate to relatively minor technical co-operation proposals, are too

AID COMMITMENTS SINCE 1ST JANUARY 1978 BILATERAL CAPITAL AID AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
Country Amount £ million Number of years
Africa (Regional) 19.079
Algeria 0.060 3
Anguilla 0.197
Bangladesh 67.750 1
Belize 8.875 4
Bolivia 0.200 3
British Virgin Islands 0.071
Burma 2.000 3
Caribbean Association States 2.000
Cayman Islands 0.400 3
Cyprus 7.500 3
Egypt 11.100 4
Falkland Islands 0.789 2
Gibraltar 14.000 3
Gilbert Islands 2.210
Guinea Bissau 1.300
Guyana 17.000 5
Horn of Africa (Relief Aid) 1.025
India 146.000
Indonesia 3.900 3
Jamaica 25.500 2
Liberia 0.520 4
Malaysia 3.000 3
Montserrat 0.200
Morocco 0.024 2
Mozambique 2.500 2
Nepal 1.296 2–5
New Hebrides 0.660
Nigeria 2.280
Pakistan 20.500
Portugal 10.600 1
Rhodesia* 5.238 1
Solomon Islands 26.000 4
Somalia 2.650 1–3
Sri Lanka 15.000 5
Sudan 14.725 3–4
St. Helena 0.115
Tanzania 6.800
Tunisia 0.030
Turkey 3.500 2
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.095
Tuvalu 5.120 3
University of the South Pacific 0.150 3
Zambia 9.260
Total 461.219
* Aid committed for Rhodesia is not provided to the regime in Salisbury, but is spent directly on the education of Rhodesian Africans or made available directly to relief organisations.