§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what disbursements have been made under the aid trade provision from 1 January to date; which countries have been direct beneficiaries of disbursements; and which British companies have been indirect beneficiaries.
§ Mr. RaisonThe information requested is as follows:
United Kingdom company (main contractors) ATP disbursements 1 January 1983 to 30 November 1983 £ million Beneficiary Northern Engineering Industries (NEI)/Parsons 2.571 Botswana Klockner/NEI 5.010 Brazil Balfour Beatty 0.090 Burma Sykes Marine 0.751 Burma Cementation/APV Int. 0.188 Burma John Brown Engineering 0.061 Burma John Brown Engineering 0.300 Burma Balfour Beatty 0.127 Colombia Seltrust Engineering 0.606 Egypt Dowty Meco 2.882 Indonesia Plessey 0.139 Kenya British Shipbuilders/Ferguson Ailsa 1.621 Kenya British Rail Engineering-Metro Cammell 2.033 Kenya British Aerospace 0.065 Madagascar General Electric Co. 0.796 Malaysia British Leyland 0.163 Mozambique Davy McKee 2.001 Mexico Balfour Beatty 1.059 Paraguay Balfour Beatty 3.627 Peru Balfour Beatty 0.005 Philippines Balfour Beatty 0.586 Philippines Balfour Beatty 0.021 Philippines Brush Electrical Machines 0.002 Sri Lanka General Electric Co./ Westinghouse/Balfour Beatty 1.064 Zimbabwe Pipework Engineering Ltd. 0.387 Zimbabwe Northern Engineering Industries 5.000 India 31.155 The firms named are the main contractors in each case. There are also many British subcontractors who will have gained orders from these contracts.
§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of all offers made of aid trade provision assistance that have been turned down by foreign Governments from 1 January to date.
§ Mr. RaisonThe following shows aid trade provision offers not taken up the recipient Government since 1 January 1983. For the most part of the contracts have been awarded to non-British companies, but in some cases it is known that the project did not proceed.
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Offers not taken up by recipient Governments 1 January 1983 to 30 November 1983 Country Project ATP offer £ million Botswana Morupule Power Project: Boilers 6.860 Burma Pharmaceutical Plant 4.197 Cameroon Rail Locomotives 1.060 Indonesia Upgrading Balikpapan Airport 12.300 Kenya Sugar Factory 5.650 Malawi Power Supply Study 0.525 Malaysia Nenggiri Hep Consultancy 1.200 Malaysia Paka Power Station 2.958 Peru Railway Equipment 2.700 Turkey Locomotives 6.693 Illigan Steel Project: Reduction Philippines Plant 26.870 India Visag Steel Project: Rod Mill 2.845 India Visag Gas Cleaning Plant 1.940 Computer Control Centre for Power Zimbabwe Network 1.950 Malaysia Copper Complex Feasibility Study 0.200 Telecommunications Equipment Kenya System X 6.350