HC Deb 14 January 1991 vol 183 cc363-4W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many grants of less than £500,000 have been paid or allocated from the aid programme in 1989 and 1990; how many grants of less than £100,000 have been paid or allocated from the aid programme in 1989 and 1990; and how many of these have been for projects in the Amazon region.

Mrs. Chalker

Information is not available in the form requested by the hon. Lady. The relevant information that is readily available is as follows:

Forty-nine new financial aid commitments of less than £500,000 were made in 1989—comparable information for 1990 is not yet available—of which 19 were less than £100,000. None was for the Amazon region. Technical co-operation projects and projects under the joint funding scheme are not included in these totals; but all technical co-operation projects in that region so far entered into during 1990 under the memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian Government are in excess of £500,000.