§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the present aid projects funded by his Department in Sri Lanka.
§ Mr. Chris PattenOur grant aid is largely concentrated on transport, power, natural resources and education. In Colombo we are funding two major projects, to rebuild two main roads and to improve the power distribution network. We are preparing a forestry project. Under our training programme more than 200 Sri Lankans were in Britain last year. From our —20 million relief and reconstruction grant, which is mainly for the north and east, we are providing railway track, double-decker buses, lorries and trucks and finance for the rehabilitation programmes of the Save the Children Fund and Oxfam. Under the aid and trade provision, we are helping to finance the Samanalawewa hydro-electric project, the supply of potable water to three districts and the provision of 600 bus bodies.
1979–80 £ million 1980–81 £ million 1981–82 £ million 1982–83 £ million 1983–84 £ million 1984–85 £ million 1985–86 £ million 1986–87 £ million 1987–88 £ million (a) Central Government (i) Cash terms 100 150 170 187 181 161 173 177 166 (ii) Real terms 100 127 131 134 124 105 107 106 95 (b) Local Government (i) Cash terms 100 107 107 132 161 145 138 173 195 (ii) Real terms 100 90 82 95 110 95 85 104 111 The real terms figures have been derived by excluding the effect of general inflation as measured by the gross domestic product deflators at market prices.
For consistency with later years, the figures for central Government expenditure up to 1984–85 have been