HC Deb 26 July 1990 vol 177 c441W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the percentage of United Kingdom bilateral aid spent on procurement of United Kingdom goods and services for each year since 1979, using the same criteria as were used for the figure on page 13 of the "Government's Expenditure Plans 1990–91 to 1992–93", chapter 2.

Mrs. Chalker

Procurement of United Kingdom goods and services under bilateral aid programmes, including both technical cooperation and financial assistance, using the criteria requested, has been as follows:

£000's
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Malawi 22,356 15,346 24,865 46,494 42,114
Namibia 605 733 969 2,033 1,543
Zimbabwe 23,636 12,503 12,498 24,127 21,385
Papua New Guinea 2,329 4,873 6,646 14,643 11,466
India 106,466 143,481 78,464 101,045 99,498
St. Lucia 530 1,018 3,174 2,848 8,872
Grenada 1,450 776 739 1,225 1,352
Philippines 1,840 205 262 1,042 11,913

Note: The 1989 figures are provisional.