HC Deb 03 November 1987 vol 121 c615W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the grants to the Government of Zimbabwe which relate to the provisions of support for the Zimbabwe national railways for the following years: 1985–86, 1986–87 and 1987–88.

Mr. Eggar

British aid for the national railways of Zimbabwe has been provided under aid and trade provision arrangements and an aid loan, both agreed in 1981, and from our technical cooperation programme for Zimbabwe. Expenditure in the three years in question was as follows:

1985–86 1986–87 1987–88
£ £ £
Aid and Trade Provision Funds for Railway Electrification 7,000
Aid Loan for Rehabilitating Locomotives 47,000 90,000
Technical Cooperation 90,000