§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he has any plans to propose to the World Bank that all future funds from the International Development Association to the poorest countries be in the form of grants not loans;
(2) if he has any plans to propose to the governing bodies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund that, as part of their Third world debt policy, they include the six guidelines for structural adjustment programmes agreed by Ministers at the Development Assistance committee meeting in December 1987;
(3) if he will propose to the European Community that all aid loans, past, present and future, to the poorest countries now be converted into grants and all new aid be in the form of grants.
258W1987 with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenic psychoses of whom 250 were readmitted at least once within the calendar year.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people with a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses were discharged from mental illness hospitals in Scotland in each of the last five years; and how many of them were taken into local authority residential care in the same year.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 28 November 1988]: The information is as follows:
§ Mr. Chris PattenI refer the hon. Member to the answers that I gave the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mrs. Barnes) on 28 November at columns69–70.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any plans to increase the number of staff in the overseas development administration dealing with environmental and social aspects of aid.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe number of social development advisers has increased from two to four over the last year and an associate professional has recently been appointed.
All project managers have responsibility for the environmental aspects of aid which must be addressed at the earliest stage of the project cycle. Environmental advice to the Department has recently been strengthened by a formal link with the International Institute for Environment and Development.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has any plans to restore Britain's overseas aid programme budget to its 1981 level of gross national product.
§ Mr. Chris PattenBritain already has a substantial and effective aid programme of some £1,387 million in the current financial year. It is planned to grow significantly in real terms over the next three years.