§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of aid in 1991 in southern Africa was for educational purposes.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIn 1990 (the latest calendar year for which figures are available), British bilateral aid in total and for the education sector for the countries of southern Africa was as follows:
Recipient1 Aid2 Education sector3 £ million £ million Percent Angola 1.2 0.2 17.0 Botswana 6.6 1.7 26.0 Lesotho 5.8 0.9 15.0 Malawi 30.1 2.1 7.0 Mozambique 25.4 0.2 1.0 Namibia 1.5 0.4 28.0 South Africa 6.3 4.2 66.0 Swaziland 2.1 0.4 19.0 Tanzania 22.3 1.7 8.0 Zambia 24.0 3.0 12.0 Zimbabwe 14.6 1.3 9.0 SADCC 6.3 0.1 2.0 Total 146.2 16.2 11.0 1 Member states of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference plus South Africa (programme of assistance for black South Africans). 2 Gross bilateral aid, excluding investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation and narcotics-related assistance funded by the Home Office and diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth office. 3 Assistance provided mainly in the form of technical co-operation, including teacher and other related training, provision of experts and consultants, funding of volunteers and the supply of books and other materials. Figures exclude training in non-education-related subjects.