§ Mr. Robert HicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much public money has been allocated to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen during the past 12 months; for what purposes; and whether the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen has taken up all these allocations;
(2) how much public money has been allocated to the Yemeni Arab Republic during the past 12 months; for what purposes and whether the Yemeni Arab Republic has taken up all these allocations.
§ Mr. Chris PattenFor details of the level and nature of our aid to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic in the financial year 1988–89, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr. Adley) on 10 April at column 572.
Expenditure for the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was somewhat lower than originally anticipated mainly because of problems arising from delay to the signature of a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation. Expenditure for the Yemen Arab Republic was somewhat higher following approval of a project to be funded from the aid and trade provision.
§ Mr. Robert HicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much public money has been allocated to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen by the European Community and the United Nations and its specialised agencies during the past 12 months; for what purposes; and whether the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen has taken up all these allocations;
(2) how much public money has been allocated to the Yemeni Arab Republic by the European Community and the United Nations and its specialised agencies during the past 12 months; for what purposes; and whether the Yemeni Arab Republic has taken up all these allocations.
§ Mr. Chris PattenWe are not aware of any pre-set annual allocations but in 1987, the latest year for which we have information, actual net flows of aid to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen from the European Community and from the United Nations system were US$0.06 million (£0.04 million) and US․18.49 million (£11.4 million) respectively. Comparable figures for the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) are US․2.45 million (£1.48 million) and US․16.75 million (£10.09 million) respectively.
European Community aid to the PDRY was in the form of medical assistance; and to the YAR was in the form of food aid and assistance for rural development. The register of development activities of the United Nations system 1987, a copy of which is in the Library, provides a breakdown of United Nations aid to these countries by project.