HC Deb 07 July 1987 vol 119 cc70-4W
Mr. Andrew Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he intends to take in the light of the conclusion in the second report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on bilateral aid that the aid and trade provision has introduced a conflict of priorites.

Mr. Chris Patten

I am studying the second report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on bilateral aid. The Government will give their detailed observations on the report, including the section on the aid and trade provision, after the summer recess.

Mr. Andrew Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list, for each

Country Project Company Export Value ATP Element
£ million £ million
April 1982—March 1983
Brazil Jacui Power Station Klocner/NEI 90.800 24.138
Burma Gas Turbines JBE 11.044 2.213
Burma Bridge Project Balfour Beatty 0-.360 0.090
Egypt W. Sabaeya Phosphate Mine Seltrust Engineering 20.000 7.315
India Rihand Super thermal Power Plant NEI 231.200 17.034
Indonesia Mrica Hydro Project Balfour Beatty 44.646 12.075
Kenya Railway Coaches BRE Metro 23.700 5.030
Mexico Maritime Training College of Nautical Studies 0.030 0.006
Mexico Scientific Instrument Training Darwin Instruments 0.029 0.029
Paraguay Power Transmission Scheme Balfour Beatty 5.290 1.350
Peru Mini Hydros Balfour Beatty 25.625 4.852
Zimbabwe Hwange Power Station PED 3.600 1.000
April 1983—March 1984
Botswana Moruple Power Station, Turbines NEI/Parsons 17.126 4.418
Burma Outboard Propulsion Units Sykes Marine 5.000 1.202
Colombia Coffee Rust Control Programme Wiles and Associates 0.201 0.201
Colombia Mine Safety Training BMC 0.018 0.018
Honduras Aguan Valley Study Halcrows 0.500 0.100
India Amlori Coal Mine BMC 80.030 15.030
Indonesia Jambu Aye Hydro-Electric Dam Study Rendel Williamson Hydro 0.200 0.200
Indonesia Ombelin Coal Mine Dowty Meco 19.200 4.445
Jordan HV Transmission Line Balfour Beatty 13.568 3.611
Malawi Telecommunications GEC/BT 1.000 0.260
Malaysia Viewdata GEC 2.367 0.851
Philippines Dendro Power Station Adviser Balfour Beatty 0.080 0.040
Zimbabwe Abattoir Feasibility Study Ove Arup 1.760 1.760
April 1984—March 1985
Botswana Moruple Power Station, Coal and Ash Plant Butterfly Engineering 4.736 1.343
Brazil Coal Mining Training BMC Ltd. 0.019 0.019
Cameroon 4 Towns Water Project Design Study Sir A. Gibb and W. S. Atkins 0.910 0.910
Colombia Bridge Project Extension Balfour Beatty 0.540 0.152
ECOWAS1 Telecommunications Feasibility Study British Teleconsult 0.065 0.065
Egypt Electricity Management Advice British Electricity Int. 0.166 0.166
Egypt Draglines Ransome and Rapier 0.463 0.463
India Balco Power Station GEC 130.000 33.066
Indonesia AIS Submarine Cable STC 104.000 3.093
Indonesia Isolated Diesels HSPE 38.400 12.515

of the last five years (a) the amounts spent on the aid and trade provision, (b) the sums received by each recipient company and (c) the nature of the contracts so funded.

Mr. Chris Patten

The amount spent under the aid and trade provision in the last five financial years was follows:

£ million
1982–83 46.8
1983–84 28.4
1984–85 59.5
1985–86 36.5
1986–87 181.3
1provisional

Aid agreements signed with developing countries over the last five financial years are as follows:

Country Project Company Export Value ATP Element
£ million £ million
Indonesia Education Equipment Study British Council 0.036 0.036
Indonesia Jabotabek Railway Study L. H. Manderstan 1.000 1.000
Malaysia Sunghai Ahning Dam Balfour Beatty 9.000 2.344
Malaysia Ulu Jelai Hydro Feasibility Study WLPU/Ewbank 1.850 1.850
Paraguay Ascuncion Sewerage Consultancy Halcrow/Balfour 1.020 1.020
Sri Lanka Columbo Airport UKAG 20.940 5.264
Thailand Mini Hydros Pilot Plant Balfour Beatty 2.500 2.500
Thailand Post-Harvest Groundnut Study: Phase I Rural Investment Overseas 0.081 0.081
Thailand Railbus Evaluation Study Transmark 0.082 0.082
April 1985—March 1986
Belize Electricity Feasibility Study Merz and McLellan 0.081 0.081
Bolivia Mineral Concentrator GEC 0.027 0.027
Caribbean BAE 748 Aircraft British Aerospace 10.336 3.838
Colombia Coffee Bean Sorters Gunsons Sortex 0.068 0.068
ECOWAS1 Telecommunications Implementation Study British Teleconsult 0.250 0.250
Egypt Maghara Coal Mine Babcock 50.035 12.578
Egypt Welding Equipment and Training British Federal Ltd 0.049 0.049
India Ganga River Consultancy Thames Water Authority 0.200 0.200
Indonesia S Bengkulu Oil Palm Study Massey Fergusson 0.400 0.400
Indonesia Bukit Asam Rail Bridges Balfour Beatty 0.750 0.152
Indonesia Offshore Supply Vessels Marine Design Consultants 2.156 0.571
Indonesia Ombelin Coal Mining Training Dowty Meco 0.655 0.655
Kenya Sugar Milling Equip Fletcher and Stewart 0.891 0.235
Kenya Upland Bacon Factory Study Mitchell Cotts 0.100 0.100
Malaysia Cross Braced Bogies BREL 7.083 1.850
Mauritius Plaisance Airport Plessey 18.960 6.311
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Airport study Plessey 0.100 0.100
Thailand Post-Harvest Groundnut Study: Phase II Rural Investment Overseas 0.499 0.499
Zimbabwe Kariba South Power Consultancy Merz and McLellan 0.300 0.300
April 1986—March 1987
Burma Rangoon Electrical Distribution BCPE 20.000 6.400
Cameroon Ministry of Equipment/ Agriculture Technical Assistance British Standards Institute 0.075 0.075
Cameroon Bamenda Ring Road Survey SWK 0.173 0.173
Cameroon Limbe Port Feasibility Study NYK 0.250 0.250
China Coal Sector Training Dosco 0.150 0.150
Egypt NW Electrification Study Numerous 0.825 0.825
Egypt Brake Block Foundry Davy McKee 2.749 0.884
Egypt NW Electrification Project Numerous 4.345 1.308
Egypt El Omoun Drain Sulzer 3.195 0.804
Indonesia Jabotabek Feasibility Study Manderstan/F. Wheeler 0.007 0.007
Kenya Kipevu JBE 7.618 1.959
Malawi Telecommunication Study GEC/BT 0.052 0.052
Malaysia Rural Water Supply Biwater 194.000 59.460
Malta Luqa Airport Study BAI 0.131 0.131
Sri Lanka Samanala Wewa Hydro Balfour Beatty 57.200 16.570
Turkey Ankara Natural Gas Study British Gas 0.350 0.350
China Shengli Power Plant JBE 14.913 4.873
1 Economic Commission for West African states.

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