Ghana and Guatemala

HC Deb 30 January 1992 vol 202 c650W

Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much government aid, other than humanitarian aid, was given to(a) Guatemala and (b) Ghana in each of the last three years.

Mrs. Chalker

United Kingdom bilateral aid to Ghana and Guatemala in the past three United Kingdom financial years was:

£ thousands
	Ghana	Guatemala
1988–89	33,558	12
1989–90	33,150	61
1990–91	25,193	72

These figures exclude disaster relief and food aid, being classified as humanitarian aid—Ghana £5,000 in 1989–90 and £32,000 in 1990–91; Guatemala £29,000 in 1989–90.

The figures do not include Commonwealth Development Corporation funds—Ghana £4.2 million in 1990 calendar year—or the United Kingdom share of aid through multilateral institutions.