HC Deb 13 November 1991 vol 198 cc562-3W
Ms. Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all aid payments made available to Indonesia between 1975 to 1991 and the projects financed by this aid.

Mrs. Chalker

The gross bilateral aid expenditure on technical co-operation, debt relief, disaster relief and project aid was as follows:

£ thousand
Total of which Project aid
1975 6,777 4,796
1976 4,651 2,407
1977 5,646 2,691
1978 6,541 2,718
1979 13,144 7,334
1980 11,190 4,963
1981 15,350 9,729
1982 17,219 11,442
1983 12,358 6,260
1984 28,292 22,192
1985 33,649 26,753
1986 8,898 2,482
1987 12,223 4,550
1988 17,334 6,139
1989 20,772 10,883
1990 22,714 9,464

The "project aid" column covers expenditure on the following Overseas Development Administration and Commonwealth Development Corporation capital aid projects.

Sector Title First year of expenditure
Oil-fired power plants Diesel power plants 1985
Passenger road transport Supply of steel bridges 1987
Water transport Marine navigation aids 1987
Telecommunications Colour television station equipment 1988
Hydro-electric power/dams Scattered diesels 1989
Harbours and docks Port facilities 1989
Rail infrastructure Cigading/Serpong railway 1990
Radio links and equipment Radio studios 1990
Commonwealth Development Corporation
Coffee/cocoa/tea Coklat Ransiki cocoa/chocolate 1980
Textile fibres Tubantia Kudus spinning mills 1980
Textile fibres Pt Sumatex Subur 1980
Cement/lime/plaster Pt Semen Andalas; equity 1980
Textile fibres Pt Kewalrams-spinning plant 1981
Crop production Tatar Anyar tea and rubber 1981
Textile fibres Tubantia Kudus spinning mills 1982
Textile fibres Sumatex Suber textile mill 1982
Cement/lime/plaster Pt Semen Andalas I 1982
Cement/lime/plaster Pt Semen Andalas II 1982
Crop production Pt Tatar Anyar 1982
Coffee/cocoa/tea Cocoa estates development 1983
Agricultural development Nucleus estates/smallholders 1983
Hydro-electric power/dams Java hydro-electric scheme 1983
Crops: development-processing Crop developing and processing 1983
Textile fibres PTKI—fund operating deficit 1984
Fibre crops Cloth and yarn production 1986
Rubber Rubber plantations 1986
Coffee/cocoa/tea Cocoa estate development II 1987
Textile fibres Yarn spinning mill and dye house 1989
Oils and fats PT Tasik Raja 1990

Project level information is not available prior to 1980. Projects listed under 1980 include projects started in the 1970s on which expenditure was still continuing at that date.

Figures for 1991 are not available.