§ Mr. ShoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what have been the annual grants made to Bangladesh by the Bangladesh Aid Consortium in each year since 1972; what has been the United Kingdom's contribution within the same period; and what have been the sums devoted by the Bangladesh Aid Consortium to programmes designed (i) to protect coastal areas from cyclone damage and (ii) to pre vent flooding within Bangladesh.
§ Mrs. ChalkerTotal net official development assistance to Bangladesh from all donors, and from the United Kingdom, is as follows:
Total Net Official Development Assistance from all donors UK Net Bilateral Official Development Assistance £ million £ million 1972 89.45 1972 2.53 1973 171.98 1973 2.67 1974 208.09 1974 6.44 1975 430.47 1975 14.30 1976 288.49 1976 13.72 1977 334.41 1977 21.99 1978 501.06 1978 43.97 1979 533.61 1979 33.77 1980 512.96 1980 42.57 1981 494.45 1981 33.31 1982 766.20 1982 22.17 1983 691.51 1983 23.92 1984 898.30 1984 34.77 1985 888.37 1985 40.28 1986 992.11 1986 37.43 1987 998.12 1987 33.96 1988 893.85 1988 41.08 1989 1098.73 1989 51.96 In the period 1972–81 the figures for the donor group include DAC donors and multilateral institutions. From 1982 the totals also include assistance from Arab donors.
We do not maintain statistics on the sectoral breakdown of other donor countries' aid programmes and cannot therefore give details of financial support for cyclone protection and flood prevention.