§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid is provided by the United Kingdom to Central America; and what form it takes, giving figures for each year since 1985 and drawing a distinction between aid provided for reconstruction following the recent hurricane, and other aid.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe latest figures for Central America are as follows. They include investment by the Commonwealth Development Corporation but do not take account of joint funding provided to non-govern-mental organisations.
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Gross bilateral aid to Central America 1985–88 in current prices. £ thousands 1985 1986 1987 11988 Costa Rica 12,685 10,038 2,584 991 El Salvador 103 239 411 154 Guatemala 0 10 1 4 Honduras 3,653 1,258 811 1,201 Nicaragua 116 86 0 180 Panama 67 70 72 988 1 Provisional. This aid is in the form of technical cooperation, apart from (a) investment by the Commonwealth Development Corporation, which was as follows:
£ thousands 1985 1986 1987 1988 Costa Rica 12,389 9,516 2,228 258 El Salvador — — — — Guatemala — — — — Honduras 2,967 500 — — Nicaragua — — — — Panama — — — — (b) £20,000 provided to Costa Rica and £180,000 to Nicaragua in 1988 for relief measures following Hurricane Joan; further relief aid was provided in 1989.
(c) Capital aid to the following countries:
£ thousands 1985 1986 1987 1988 Honduras 164 271 241 615 Panama — — — 854 The capital aid to Panama was provided under the aid and trade provision.