HC Deb 25 February 1992 vol 204 c441W
Mr. Lester

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the amounts of official development assistance allocated as bilateral aid in the sectors of primary health, primary education, rural water supply and family planning in the years 1974 to the present, including financial aid and technical co-operation.

Mrs. Chalker

Figures prior to 1980 are not available. Bilateral aid expenditure for the period 1980 to 1990 was as follows:

United Kingdom bilateral aid expenditure on primary health, primary education, rural water supply and family planning 1980–1990 (cash prices)1 2
£ thousands
Primary education Primary health3 Family planning Rural water supply
1980 171 4,134 886 1,609
1981 419 730 283 1,518
1982 119 1,868 1,829 1,246
1983 128 4,195 3,794 557
1984 614 2,939 2,747 742
1985 384 3,586 2,439 1,280
1986 509 2,041 1,520 53,918
1987 723 752 686 7,601
1988 1,425 5,891 1,746 7,826
1989 1,071 5,264 1,115 10,006
1990 1,678 15,026 6,232 3,718
1 Figures refer to the primary sector which benefits from any expenditure. They exclude expenditure classified to other sectors which may also benefit the primary sector (e.g. expenditure on primary teacher training may be classified under teacher training, not primary education).
2 Technical cooperation expenditure is not included for 1980–87.
3 Includes family planning.

Note: Figures include Project Aid provided by the Commonwealth Development Corporation.