§ 79. Mr. Gerald BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for assisting Uganda's economic development.
§ Mr. Chris PattenIn June this year we pledged £25 million of balance of payments support for Uganda to be spent over two years. £15 million of this has already been allocated — £5 million as bilateral programme aid to finance vital imports for the agricultural, transport and388W industrial sectors, and £10 million as co-financing with the World Bank special facility for Africa. The remaining £10 million is subject to Uganda maintaining the economic recovery programme agreed earlier this year with the IMF. In addition, we are providing assistance to the transport, health, public administration, education and power generation sectors.