§ Mr. Porterasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will ascertain from the Inter-American Development Bank how much, if anything, from the £1, 000, 000 per annum contribution from the United Kingdom is used to support the Government of El Salvador in any way.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe United Kingdom is contributing £6.6 million to the Inter-American Development Bank in 1981–82 of which £6.1 million is for its fund for special operations and £0.5 million as a subscription to its capital stock.
The bank's latest annual report indicates that in 1980 the bank disbursed £9.7 million from the FSO to El Salvador for specific projects for economic development. Most Western donors are members of the bank, and the United Kingdom's current share of contributions to the FSO is 4.1 per cent.
The United Kingdom did not support the projects for El Salvador approved by the bank's board of executive directors in 1981.