§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will list in the Official Report the amount of official aid given by the United Kingdom in 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, and his estimate for 1981–82 to each of the least developed countries whose problems were the subject of the recent Paris conference.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe information is normally published on a calendar year basis. It is not the Government's practice to publish forecasts for levels of aid to particular countries in the current year.
140WThe figures for net public expenditure on overseas aid in the least developed countries in 1978, 1979 and 1980 are as follows:
Net Public Expenditure on Overseas Aid in the least Developed Countries: 1978–80 £ thousand 1978 1979 1980 Afghanistan 871 1,349 470 Bangladesh 43,969 33,632 34,985 Benin 57 52 64 Bhutan 42 24 63 Botswana 5,099 7,332 10,505 Burundi 4 17 23 Cape Verde Islands 960 -28 638 Central African Republic — — — Chad -97 45 26 Comoro Islands — — — Ethiopia 2,769 2,806 1,875 Gambia 3,538 2,441 1,947 Guinea — — — Guinea-Bissau 1,897 173 56 Haiti 6 5 24 Laos 912 29 13 Lesotho 5,756 6,563 4,340 Malawi 14,656 22,492 14,417 Maldive Republic 52 30 92 Mali 146 489 232 Nepal 4,336 11,054 6,711 Niger -67 928 39 Rwanda 29 2 3 Somalia 984 1,311 2,875 Sudan 7,069 12,613 22,045 Tanzania 9,750 23,193 31,417 Uganda 1,064 2,212 2,875 Upper Volta 26 24 96 Western Samoa 14 26 96 Yemen Arab Republic 1,292 1,805 2,725 Yemen PDR 1,590 1,665 1,335 Total 106,724 132,284 139,987