§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give a breakdown of European Community aid to Uganda for each of the last five years; what the United Kingdom contribution was for each year; whether the aid was provided for emergency relief, project aid or programme aid; and to which regions of Uganda the aid was targeted.
§ Mrs. ChalkerEuropean Community aid commitments to Uganda since 1985 have been as follows:
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Project 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Ockenden Venture—Community development, Es Showak, Sudan — — — 20,000 35,475 51,975 ACORD—Qala en Nahal settlement programme, Sudan 200,000 300,000 300,000 200,000 300,000 80,000
Year 1Project Aid 1Programme Aid 1Emergency Aid 1Food Aid 1985 — — 0.1 — 1986 6.0 — 1.5 1.2 1987 77.7 15.0 4.4 0.7 1988 10.7 15.0 0.8 1.5 1989 30.4 — — 7.9 1990 54.5 — 0.7 — 1 All figures in millions of ecu. 1 ecu is approximately £0.7. The United Kingdom contribution to the current (sixth) European development fund (1985–90) is 16.58 per cent. of the total.
The majority of the emergency and food aid for Uganda has been allocated to the north. A number of different regions have benefited from the project and programme aid, including Kampala, the north-east, the east, Karamoja, Masaka, Mbarara, Kabale amd Mpigi.
Details of the separate bilateral aid programme administered by ODA were given in my reply to the right hon. Gentleman of 7 June.