§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent visit to the Sudan by the Minister for Overseas Development; and if he will evaluate the: present and long term needs of that country in relation to British aid.
§ Mr. RaisonI refer the hon. Member to the reply given today to my hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Mr. Robinson).
§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give an itemised list of British aid to Sudan over the last five years with a breakdown between capital and other projects; and between current and projected infrastructure projects
§ Mr. RaisonThe breakdown of British aid to Sudan over the last five years is as follows:
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 ODA project aid 6,689 24,716 31,077 17,891 13,634 Programme aid 7,950 2,515 2,197 5,797 4,007 Other non-project aid 511 917 836 3,733 4,182 CDC project loans 729 29 180 53 176 Total financial aid 16,048 28,254 34,290 27,474 21,999 Personnel overseas 1,601 1,920 1,775 1,783 1,744 Students and trainees 832 757 1,129 1,004 1,094 Other TC 4,095 1,807 2,224 1,932 2,589 Total TC 6,528 4,484 5,128 4,720 5,427 Total aid 22,576 32,738 39,418 32,194 27,427
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Expenditure on ongoing infrastructure projects over the last four years has been: — 19,486 28,662 15,368 10,920 It is not possible to give figures for projected infrastructure projects.