HC Deb 25 March 1987 vol 113 cc146-7W
Mr. Lester

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will give the outturn figures for the gross aid programme of each of the years 1978–79 to 1985–86, together with the estimated figure for 1986–87; and what proportion of gross national product these figures represent;

(2) if he will give the percentage of the gross aid programme in each of the years 1978–79 to 1985–86, together with estimates for 1986–87, spent on (a) multilateral aid, (b) bilateral country programmes including budgetary aid and aid and trade provision and (c) other bilateral aid.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

disbursed as (a) project aid, (b) programme aid, (c) technical co-operation, (d) budgetary aid and (e) aid and trade provision for each of the years 1978–79 to 1985–86, together with estimates for 1986–87.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

Project aid Programme aid Technical co-operation Budgetary aid Aid and trade provision
1982–83 225 61 218 10 47
1983–84 217 48 244 12 28
1984–85 239 36 276 10 59
1985–86 248 53 302 9 36
1986–87 215 79 304 8 90

Figures for 1986–87 are provisional estimates.

Mr. Lester

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of technical co-operation aid in the years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 estimated was devoted to (a) the provision of experts, wholly or partly financed, (b) training and (c) other forms of assistance.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

1984–85 per cent. 1985–86 per cent.
Experts 32 31
Training 21 20
Other 47 49

"Experts" includes consultancies and "training" includes Commonwealth scholarships and fellowships.

Planning allocations are not based on categories of technical co-operation, so an analysis for 1986–87 will be available only after the accounts have been completed.

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