HC Deb 23 April 1990 vol 171 c31W
Mr. Ernie Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid, and in what form, was given by Her Majesty's Government to Uganda for each of the last five years.

Mrs. Chalker

Gross British bilateral aid to Uganda over the period 1984–88, the latest five-year period for which figures are available, was as follows:

£ millions
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Programme aid 1.126 0.206 0.005 0.016 17.126
Other financial aid 0.474 2.123 1.524 2.980 2.941
Technical assistance 2.701 2.867 2.784 3.510 6.392
Pensions 0.939 0.896 0.852 1.996 0.354
Emergency aid 0.173 0.244 1.056 0.070 0.436
Debt relief 1.667 1.660 1.166 0.983 0.631
Commonwealth Development
Corporation 1.175 1.189 2.624 0.710
Total 7.080 9.171 8.576 12.179 28.590

In addition, Britain's share of multilateral aid to Uganda over the period 1984–87 was:

£ millions
1984 8.58
1985 7.70
1986 5.31
1987 9.11

Figures for later years are not yet available.