§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total annual value of aid given by the British Government to Namibia in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RaisonBecause we do not recognise the South African occupation of Namibia, we give no aid to Namibia itself. Assistance has been provided to individual Namibians since 1976, mostly in the form of awards for training in the United Kingdom. The annual total are as follows:
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£ 1976 30,000 1977 58,000 1978 162,000 1979 161,000 1980 168,000 1981 163,000 1982 220,000 1983 279,000
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any plans to give direct aid to Namibia to alleviate the suffering caused by the current drought.
§ Mr. RaisonOnce independence has been achieved in accordance with Security Council resolution 435, we should certainly be willing to consider providing development assistance, including drought relief, should it be needed.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total value of aid from all European Economic Community sources given to Namibia in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RaisonThe only aid for Namibia has been a grant in 1981 of 6,248 ecu (£3,450) to Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, a German charity, to assist with the construction of a kindergarten at Oshakati.