§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will list countries in the Third world which do not now receive humanitarian aid from the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe following countries and territories, classified by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD as developing, are not currently recipients of British bilateral aid. During the course of the year organisations within some of these countries or territories could benefit from small gifts of a developmental or welfare nature made available at the discretion of the British ambassador or Her Majesty's Government's representative and financed from aid programme funds.
- Africa
- Central African Republic
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Libya
- Mayotte
- Reunion
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Asia
- Afghanistan
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Macao
- Taiwan
- Timor
- Vietnam
- Middle East
- Abu Dhabi
- Bahrein
167 - Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kuwait
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates
- Caribbean
- Bahamas
- Bermuda
- Cuba
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Martinique
- Netherlands Antilles
- St. Pierre and Miquelon
- Trinidad and Tobago
- South America
- Argentina
- French Guiana
- Surinam
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Pacific
- Cook Island
- French Polynesia
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Pacific Islands (US)
- Tokelau
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Samoa
- Southern Europe
- Greece
- Spain
- Yugoslavia
1975–76 £ million 1976–77 £ million 1977–78 £ million 1978–79 £ million 1979–80 £ million 1980–81 £ million Cash 9.5 10.5 12.1 13.4 15.6 *17.6 1980–81 prices 18.5 18.1 18.4 18.5 18.5 17.6 * Provisional estimated figures only: authoritative figures will appear in the next "Report on Research and Development".
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Lord Privy Seal how many new research projects were started in 1980 as his Department's contribution towards research and development in the Third world; and how this compares with the figure for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Neil MartenAs shown in the annual "Report on Research and Development" the number of new projects started was:
1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 176 173 159 161 101 The figures for 1980–81 are not yet available. Projects financed by international research centres to which Britain contributes have not been included.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Lord Privy Seal how much his Department spent on projects in medicine and health, building and construction in the Third world in 1980; if he will give the comparable figures for each of the last five years: and if he will list the other subject headings and amounts spent for the years in question.
§ Mr. Neil MartenFigures for expenditure on project aid by economic sector for 1980 are not yet available.
Table 11 of British Aid Statistics (1975–79), which is available in the Library, provides an analysis of project aid