§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of total United Kingdom aid to Ethiopia since 1986 was used for agricultural or water conservation projects.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIn the current financial year over 40 per cent. of our long-term development assistance to Ethiopia will be used in agricultural and water projects. This represents about 7 per cent. of our estimated total aid, including humanitarian assistance, to Ethiopia during the same period. A figure for the whole of the period since 1986 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will increase the level of per capita aid to Ethiopia to £1.
§ Mrs. Chalker[holding answer 31 January 1991]: We allocate our aid between countries taking account of a large number of factors including need, the prospect of it being used effectively and the nature of our relations with the country concerned. It would not be sensible to target per capita aid levels in the way suggested.